D20 - Modern - Darwin's World Survivor's Handbook

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1: CHARACTERS
BACKGROUNDS
FERALS
TRIBALS
RITUAL PRESERVATIONISTS
RESENTFULS
RADICALS
DEGENERATES
RESURRECTORS
VISIONARY REINVENTORS
GUARDIANS
HEDONISTS
ADVANCED
OCCUPATIONS
ACADEMIC
CARAVAN GUARD
CORIUM PROSPECTOR
CRAFTSMAN
DEMAGOGUE
FURNITURE
GUIDE
HEALER
HERDSMAN
MERCHANT
MILITARY
REPAIRMAN
SLAVE
SLAVER
WANDERER
THE POST-APOCALYPTIC HERO
ADVANCED CLASSES
BARBARIAN
DEMAGOGUE
GUARDIAN
JUJU DOCTOR
PSIONIC
RAIDER
ROAD WARRIOR
SCAV
SCHOLAR
SKULK
SISTER OF THE DESERT
SURVIVALIST
SYMBIOTE
TINKER
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TRADER
EPIC CLASSES
CHAMPION
MECH
MEDICINE MAN
MUTANT HUNTER
SCIENTIST
TECH LOOTER
TRADE MASTER
WARRIOR MONK
NEW & REVISED SKILLS
GENERAL FEATS
TECHNOLOGY FEATS
CHAPTER 2: MUTANTS & MUTATIONS

THE MUTANT TEMPLATE
CHOOSING MUTATIONS
MUTATION FEATS
MUTATIONS
DEFECTS
MUTANT FEATS
NEURAL FEATS
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CHAPTER 3: ARTIFACTS OF THE ANCIENTS
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WEAPONS
FIREARMS
EXPLOSIVES AND SPLASH WEAPONS
LASERS
MASERS
ENERGY FIELD GENERATORS
MASS DRIVERS
PARTICLE-BEAM WEAPONS
OTHER UNCONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
POWERED MELEE WEAPONS
ARMOR
GENERAL EQUIPMENT
CLOTHING
COMPUTERS AND CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
SURVEILLANCE GEAR
PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT
HAZARD DETECTION DEVICES
SURVIVAL GEAR
WEAPON ACCESSORIES
VEHICLES
MEDICINE
MILITARY HARDWARE
POWERED ARMOR
APPENDIX 1: CHARTS & TABLES
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Introduction
What is different about post apocalyptic role-playing than any other form of role-playing? For most players of roleplaying games, the genre brings to mind mutants, monsters, and survival. There are certainly some other important
distinctions somewhat unique to post-apocalyptic games as well: a world of almost total desolation, a poisoned
environment that can be as big a threat as any monster, and usually a lost era of technology and former greatness, an
understanding of which forever remains just beyond the grasp of the games characters.
The post apocalyptic genre itself is something of a combination between science fiction and horror; set in a world
similar (if not identical) to our own, most post apocalyptic books and movies play upon real-life events, fears, and
nightmare possibilities, and postulate on their ultimate (and universally catastrophic) conclusions.
The scenarios are almost endless, many seemingly ripped from tomorrows headlines: reckless brinkmanship by
world leaders, along with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction worldwide, leads to all-out nuclear war;
careless experimentation by an arrogant and near-sighted scientific community leads to an outbreak of disease that
brings an era of almost total extinction to the world; or a never-ending abuse and misuse of the worlds resources
leads to hunger, lawlessness, anarchy, brushfire wars, and an eventual degeneration of human civilization into chaos.
Post apocalyptic writers and moviemakers often seem to be trying to teach us a lesson through their work, but in
doing so they also fascinate us by depicting worlds of utter ruin where the survivors have a chance to finally learn
from the past, and begin anew, building on those lessons. It is appealing for many to simply imagine such worlds,
and as a result it is an almost seamless leap from reading to role-playing.
Most traditional game settings already have an established sense of the apocalypse, making it an easy transition for
those unfamiliar with the core feel of the post-apocalyptic genre. The idea of uncovering secrets among the ruins
of a lost ancient civilization is a common theme in science fiction or fantasy, whether in the terms of discovering a
lost city of aliens, or the crumbling remains of a magical culture long gone.
In post-apocalypse games, the entire world is a widespread ruin, not only among the great cities that stand as a
silent testament to the greatness of those who came before, but also the wilderness itself. Ravaged by war, or by
pollution, or by the withering effect of some massive plague, most sources of post-apocalyptic literature (such as
movies, books, and games) extend the theme of total devastation to the outside as well, turning the entire world into
a place destitute and devoid of hope. This grim atmosphere is an excellent primer for weaving horrific, desperate,
and exciting adventures.
The Twisted Earth depicted in the original edition of Darwins World presented a combination of some of
the most striking themes of movies and books. It presented a world based on our own, but with a few important
changes to keep it sufficiently SCI-FI. Though set in a fictional, alternate world where the historical advance of
technology outpaces that of our real world, the Twisted Earth shares many of the problems of our own, including
over-population, world hunger, gross misuses of technology, an unconscionable disparity of wealth between nations,
diminishing natural resources worldwide, and constant warfare elements that, while dramatized to the extreme,
give the setting a familiarity despite the science fiction underlying the game. On the Twisted Earth these elements
combined to lead to a cataclysmic Fall, a total and irreversible nuclear, biological, and chemical conflict that
changed the world and its survivors forever. The new superpowers of the aftermath are little more than violent
factions squabbling for control of their irradiated, desolate corner of the world. Where once nations with vast
professional armies contended for the resources of a dying planet, the scraps of their lost industrial society are now
fought over by religious cults, paranoid and xenophobic groups, racist empires, and powerful merchant houses
whose own influence is more than a match for the few armies left standing.
Though the Twisted Earth is an exciting setting in which to test the mettle of characters against the harsh realities
of a post-nuclear world, the abundance of ideas and themes that make up the post-apocalyptic genre as a whole mean
that a single campaign setting cannot hope to incorporate all of the ideas found in books, movies, and even past
role-playing games. Since the original publication of the first edition of Darwins World, weve seen players adapt
the setting to their own needs, modify it, or change entire sections. Some use the Twisted Earth setting exclusively,
while others tweak it just enough to meet their gaming needs. Some gamers change it by adding extra-terrestrial
forces, combining Darwins World with d20 space games, making the Twisted Earth just one small planet in a
cosmos of stars for characters to visit. The addition of magic and supernatural powers actually blends perfectly with
the ruin and rubble, and as such, any amalgamation of settings is solely the domain of each Gamemasters individual
creativity and imagination.
Because of the variations possible, the aim of this book is to be something of a generic guide to post apocalyptic
gaming - of all kinds. While our default setting of choice is the Twisted Earth, this book will give you such a wide
variety of options that you can either construct a setting of your own from the ground up, or simply modify what
weve developed so far and take it in any direction you like, or just jump into playing without any effort at all. These
rules are meant merely as a source for inspiration and ideas, and to provide enough information to get you started.
Have fun!
CHAPTER 1:
CHARACTERS
The unleashed power of the atom has
changed everything save our modes
of thinking and we thus drift toward
unparalleled catastrophe.
-Albert Einstein
I do not know what weapons will be
used in World War III,
but I assure you that World World IV
will be fought with stones.
-Albert Einstein
The survivors would envy the dead.
- Nikita S. Khrushchev
So long after the nuclear war, the cities
stand utterly empty. The high-rises, blasted until

only skeletal remnants of black steel remain, are
now vacant. This was once a world populated by
seemingly endless masses; streets in these ancient
centers were clogged with cars, buses, and trains.
Under the sun of that peaceful era, each day saw
millions living their lives, unknowing of the
destruction that was to come. Bankers, lawyers,
politicians, and the average man; all were oblivious
to his coming fate, powerless to prevent the fiery
death that awaited him.
Now, in the aftermath, those few who cling to
life in this twisted, irradiated landscape are nothing
like the civilized race that came before. They are
survivors, one and all, born of a time when the
concepts of mercy and cooperation are all but
alien to them. For them, each day is a struggle for
resources. One man snatches scraps of meat from
the carcass of some animal left by larger predators,
unable to find food on his own, the rot of the
decaying flesh does little to churn his impoverished
stomach. Elsewhere, a desperate man digs
frantically from a shallow pit in the endless wastes
of desert for a handful of water. To him, particles
of sand and soil mean nothing when the fever of
thirst kicks in. And beyond the horizon, there are
many more watching and waiting, living and dying,
hoping for a better future.
These are the characters of the apocalyptic
future.
BACKGROUNDS
Every character comes from
somewhere, whether it
was a civilized dome
protecting the lost culture
and technology of the
Ancients, or a rugged desert
community that rose (and
perhaps vanished soon after) into the shifting desert
sands. Was the character a feral boy, brought up by
wolves (or the mutated equivalent), or was he raised
in a sheltered, technological society that protected the
remnants of Ancient technology before vanishing into
history?
Each background has its bonuses, and the origins
of a character serve a number of purposes. First and
foremost, they define him as a personality and set
the stage for his behavior, beliefs, and ethical code.
Backgrounds also determine his knowledge, to what
degree he understands technology, language, and
culture - and the form in which it has become known
to him (which will invariably be a little off-kilter from
that known to the Ancients, even in the most advanced
communities).
Ferals
A character with this type of background is truly wild.

He probably grew up alone among the ruins, with no
home or community, and with little or no technology.
Such characters typically know nothing about the
Ancients, the cataclysm, their culture and language, or
anything beyond their immediate needs. Many such
characters do not even know how to talk and will often
find inappropriate or bizarre uses for the items they
scavenge (using a stop sign as a shield, for instance, or
using a rifle as a club instead of firing it). Characters
with this type of background generally have no
concept of compassion or mercy, being concerned
solely with survival.
One example of such a character would be someone
who grew up alone after his parents died from disease
or starvation in the wasteland. Another example would
be a character from a more advanced community
whose caravan was raided and destroyed when he was
still a child. In both of these cases, the character was
forced to grow up in a harsh world, unaware of his
true origins or birthright, evidence of which might still
exist somewhere in the rubble.
Skills: Choose three of the following skills as
permanent class skills: Balance, Climb, Concentration,
Escape Artist, Hide, Intimidate, Jump, Listen, Move
Silently, Navigate, Search, Spot, Survival, Swim.
Bonus Feats: Select two of the following feats:
Alertness, Athletic, Animal Affinity, Blind Fight,
Brawl, Cleave, Combat Martial Arts, Dodge,
Endurance, Forsaken, Great Fortitude, Guide,
Improved Damage Threshold, Improved Initiative,

Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Run,
Stealthy, Super Mutant, Toughness, Track.
Language: None
Special: Feral characters do not have an occupation
and start with no money. Feral characters start with a
simple weapon of choice.
Tribals
The tribal character comes from a primitive

community, probably dominated by a central family
figure or group of close-knit family heads. Technology
in such a culture is generally limited to what a man
can do with his bare hands (animal skins for clothes,
stones as tools, etc.). Caves are the most likely shelters
for this type of community, though some might
possibly use burnt-out vehicles or some other shell
of the Ancients (without any knowledge of its former
use, of course). Warriors typically form the upper
ranks of such a community, as they alone can protect
it. The tribe would tend to frown upon pursuits not
directly related to survival, seeing them as wasteful
and capricious. Science and non-religious art would be
considered worthless in such a group.
An example of a character from such a background
would be someone whose tribe was destroyed by
raiders and now seeks either revenge upon the
murderers or knowledge of the marvelous world
that exists out there. Another example would be a
character that has been sent on a quest (perhaps to
find some legendary magical technology) whose
successful completion will help to ensure the survival
of her tribe.
Skills: Choose one of the following skills as a
permanent class skill: Craft (structural), Climb, Hide,
Intimidate, Jump, Listen, Move Silently, Navigate,
Search, Spot, Survival. Additional class skills are
gained by occupation.
Bonus Feats: Tribal characters get the Primitive
Technology feat plus one feat from the following
list: Athletic, Archaic Weapon Proficiency, Animal
Affinity, Brawl, Cleave, Combat Martial Arts, Dodge,
Endurance, Great Fortitude, Guide, Improved Damage
Threshold, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Juju Doctor,
Light Armor Proficiency, Lightning Reflexes, Power
Attack, Run, Stealthy, Toughness, Track.
Language: Unislang
Special: Tribal characters start with a free
masterwork archaic weapon or mount.
Ritual Preservationists
Characters of this background come from communities

who know how to use the technology of the Ancients
but have lost the understanding of why that technology
works. Advanced electronics and weapons, though
still usable by the community, are viewed as religious
relics or treasured artifacts and are sometimes even
worshipped. Communities of this type are generally

led by their scientists, who only barely manage to keep
the technology running sufficiently to wow the masses.
Technology that is destroyed cannot be replaced, as
these people only know how to use the stuff, not repair
or recreate it.
An example of such a culture would be a group of
pirates who know how to operate the equipment on a
derelict aircraft carrier off the coast. They might raid
the local primitive tribes with their unholy flying
machines, inspiring fear, awe, or worship. An
example of a character from such a background would
be a survivor who learns of the former Boy Scouts
(by reading a discovered piece of Arcana) and sets out
across the land in a cobbled-together scout uniform,
redressing wrongs in what he believes to be the spirit
of these long-lost warriors of virtue.
permanent class skill: Drive, Knowledge (theology,
technology, mutant lore), Pilot, Repair. Additional
class skills are gained by occupation.
Bonus Feats: Ritual Preservationist characters get
the Post-Apocalyptic Technology feat.
Language: Gutter Talk
Special: Ritual Preservationist characters start with
one Artifact of the Ancients (market value 3,000 cp or
less).
Resentfuls
Characters of this background come from communities

who despise the Ancients for their mistakes. They
blame the Ancients for the destruction of the world
and now seek to rebuild and preserve it by progressing
only to a point they deem natural. They use handwoven fabrics and natural weapons and tools. Such
groups either shun pre-war technology and culture or
actively strive to eradicate it.
An example of such a culture would be a group
who suffered greatly from the Fall, perhaps from
biological warfare and mutation, and who have cast
off the curse of technology by destroying all hightech items. Another example would be a druidic
cult that dwells in the wilderness in relative harmony
with mutant plant and animal life, monitoring
and protecting the wildlife from intrusion by
technologically advanced groups.
permanent class skill: Craft (structural), Handle
Animal, Knowledge (mutant lore, history, theology),
Navigate, Ride, Survival, Treat Injury. Additional class
skills are gained by occupation.
Bonus Feats: Resentful characters get the Primitive
Technology feat plus two of the following feats:
Animal Affinity, Archaic Weapons Proficiency,
Endurance, Great Fortitude, Guide, Iron Will, Track.
Language: Unislang
Special: If a Resentful takes additional technology

feats, she loses one of her selected bonus feats and
one of her class skills and is no longer considered a
Resentful.
Radicals
Like the Resentfuls mentioned above, communities

of Radicals blame the Ancients for blowing up the
planet and creating mutation. They bitterly resent the
destruction of civilization and actively seek to destroy
all remnants of their forefathers. Unlike the Resentfuls,
however, they may use the technology of the Ancients
to further their own ends.
An example of such a group would be a chaotic and
merciless group that fights constant war against others
like it in the shell of an ancient city. Technology is
hoarded wherever it can be found and turned against
anyone who trespasses on the communitys territory.
Old locations of culturecity parks, theater halls,
and memorialsare now hunting grounds, and gang
headquarters. Another example would be a group
of anarchist raiders who deliberately ruin any and
all reminders of the past, from road signs to entire
communities that shelter lost technologies.
permanent class skill: Demolitions, Drive, Hide,
Intimidate, Knowledge (tactics, streetwise), Move
Silently. Additional class skills are gained by
occupation.
Bonus Feats: Radical characters get the PostApocalyptic Technology feat plus one of the following
feats: Brawl, Combat Martial Arts, Light Armor
Proficiency, Personal Firearms Proficiency.
Language: Unislang
Special: If a Radical character takes additional
technology feats, he loses his selected bonus feat and
class skills and is no longer considered a Radical.
Degenerates
Communities of this type were onceoften

within recent ancestral memorycapable of fully
understanding the technology and culture of the
Ancients. Now, however, due to circumstances such
as constant war, civil unrest, or a communal need to
focus on other aspects of survival, the community
has degenerated. A Degenerate community is able to
utilize the stuff of the Ancients, even their language
and culture, but has lost all sense of context. Very
few citizens remember much at all about where
this technology and knowledge comes from. Such
communities are generally on the decline, and will at
some point likely break up or fall apart.
An example of such a culture might be a sheltered
city community where the old police force runs
the place like a military state and where scientists are
now gods because they alone can create the drugs
that dull the pain and misery of life in the world.
Less intelligent people are subjugated and enslaved

to serve the civilized populace. Another example
might be a city ruin ruled by a government descended
from the Ancients. Gang wars, crime, and isolation
in the wasteland have turned the city into a ruin, and
violent youths run rampant, terrorizing those few
people who hold respectable jobs (in the power plant
that runs the city, for instance, or in city government).
Only the elderly members of the city populace (and
their families) remember the laws and culture of the
Ancients, while the delinquents mock their adherence
to tradition and destroy all they can.
Skills: Choose one of the following skills as
a permanent class skill: Computer Use, Drive,
Knowledge (any), Pilot, Repair, Treat Injury.
Additional class skills are gained by occupation.
Bonus Feats: Degenerate characters get the PostApocalyptic Technology feat.
Language: Gutter Talk
Special: Degenerate characters start with one
Artifact of the Ancients (market value 3,000 cp or
less).
Resurrectors
Communities of this type are rediscovering the

technology of the Ancients and are beginning to
understand the true nature and uses of Ancient devices.
They are able to re-activate computer systems,
robots, power stations, vehicles, etc. More advanced
communities of this type have even developed the
know-how to repair and maintain such technology.
With the right tools, members of these communities
can not only make repairs to many advanced devices,
but also fabricate advanced munitions and advanced
electronic parts. The situation for such a community is
getting closer to the way things were before the Fall,
but there is still a long road ahead.
An example of such a community would be one
that managed to re-activate a small group of androids
that were charged with rebuilding civilization after
the holocaust. Another example would be a group that
has taken over a water purification plant and reopened
it, selling the drinkable resource to merchants and
making a massive profit from it. Yet another example
would be a community attempting to reclaim the ruins
of their city from mutants, ghouls, and raiders with
their newfound knowledge of ancient technologies
and manufacturing techniques, hoping to form a New
America from the ashes.
permanent class skill: Computer Use, Craft (chemical,
pharmaceutical, structural), Decipher Script,
Knowledge (any), Repair, Research. Additional class
skills are gained by occupation.
Bonus Feats: Resurrector characters get the PostApocalyptic Technology feat.
Language: Unislang
Special: Resurrector characters start with one

Artifact of the Ancients (market value 3,000 cp or
less).
Visionary Reinventors
This type of community has moved beyond simply

surviving or reassembling pieces of the old world.
They are beginning to invent a new future for
themselves. Instead of repairing the lost technology
of the Ancients, these communities are beginning
to create their own technology and build their own
civilization. They are developing and using such
things as basic metalworking, steam engines, and
ingenious but simple devices to not only complement
human effort, but also sometimes replace it (steampowered machines to harvest large amounts of crops,
for instance).
An example of such a community would be one that
has risen from the wasteland to conquer. Increased
slave labor and the oppression of nearby communities
have allowed an influx of resources with which the
community has increased its ingenuity and invention
by leaps and bounds. Such a growing empire has
likely developed such things as fantastic flying war
machines and steam-powered aqueducts. Another
example would be a community that believes the Fall
was destined to occur in order to teach the survivors
a valuable lesson. Intent on rebuilding the world with
this lesson in mind, the group seeks to spread the word
of brotherhood and peace, and has attracted many
ingenious people who have contributed in unique ways
to the slowly growing society. Yet another example
would be a society that has advanced to the point
where it is capable of producing new and advanced
technology and weapons (gravity beamers, proton
emitters, and fusion grenades as new but deadly postholocaust weaponry). With such unique and advanced
technology behind them and with a growing army and
potent power base, the community seeks to reestablish
civilization in its own particular way, be it democratic,
monarchical, dictatorial, or ruthlessly imperial.
permanent class skill: Computer Use, Craft (chemical,
pharmaceutical, structural), Diplomacy, Drive,
Knowledge (any), or Pilot. Additional class skills are
gained by occupation.
Bonus Feats: Visionary Reinventor characters get
the Post-Apocalyptic Technology feat.
Language: Unislang
Special: Visionary Reinventor characters start with
one Artifact of the Ancients (market value 3,000 cp or
less).
Guardians
These rare communities are the self-styled guardians

of all things Ancient. Such communities fully
understand the culture and technology of the Ancients
and utilize it to keep the upper hand in the wasteland.

They can create, repair, and use advanced energy
devices whenever the resources are available.
An example of such a community might be one
consisting of survivors in a fallout shelter that has
remained undiscovered until the start of the campaign.
A character from this community might be sent out to
explore the world and report back or find some vital
piece of equipment for the sake of the communitys
survival. Another example would be a society of
survivalists who went underground to wait out the
war, only to emerge to a changed world, decades in the
future. Armed with advanced weapons and knowledge,
they seek to reclaim the surface world from its mutated
population. A third example would be a community
in the desert that was set up by survivors of the Fall.
These men and women, holding onto the technology
(and to some degree, the lifestyle) of the Ancients,
have forsaken their democratic ideals and placed their
lives in the hands of an elite and ruthless police force,
whose souped-up, plasma-fueled vehicles roam the
desert highways, ensuring law and order and fiercely
battling those who would invade their turf or otherwise
threaten their lifestyle.
permanent class skill: Computer Use, Craft (any),
Demolitions, Drive, Knowledge (any), Navigate, Pilot,
Repair, Treat Injury. Additional class skills are gained
by occupation.
Bonus Feats: Guardian characters get no bonus feats
and must spend one of their feats to gain the Advanced
Technology feat at 1st level.
Language: Ancient
Special: Guardian characters start with one futuristic
weapon (market value 12,000 cp or less).
Hedonists
Communities of this type never realized there was

a Fall at all! Such communities were completely
sheltered from the outside world, often in fully
automated and enclosed dome cities or similar
structures. They have continued to exist as they
always have, in hedonistic simplicity and blissful
ignorance. Such communities typically know how to
use advanced machines and electronics but have no
idea how to repair them. Since they have been kept in
relative security for such a long time, they no longer
understand how to fight, wage war, or even survive on
their own.
A classic example of such a group would be a city
inside an impenetrable dome, whose inhabitants
have lived in seclusion for generations, cared for and
catered to by automated systems and computers, with
all menial tasks, labor, and science far removed from
them. They live in hedonistic luxury, without a care in
the world, until the computer breaks down, and they
are forced to leave the dome and find food and shelter
elsewhere. Another example might be a community
far removed from the wasteland, where everyone lives

in a paradise carefully maintained by their scientists.
Aware and afraid of the terrible mutants outside their
paradise, they occasionally send spies or explorers out
into the wastes to report on the status of the worlds
ecosystem or the state of civilization in the mutant
tribes.
Skills: Choose three of the following skills as
permanent class skills: Computer Use, Concentration,
Craft (writing, visual arts), Knowledge (any), Perform,
Research.
Bonus Feats: Hedonist characters get the PostApocalyptic Technology feat plus one of the following
feats: Creative, Educated, Focused, Gearhead,
Studious, Trustworthy.
Language: Ancient
Special: Hedonist characters do not have an
occupation but may start with 6d6 x 100 cp worth of
equipment. In addition, the Hedonist characters start
with one Artifact of the Ancients (market value 6,000
cp or less).
Advanced
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This type of community has, for whatever reason,

managed to avoid the ravages of nuclear war and the
ruin of civilization, not only preserving the technology
and culture of the Ancients, but also improving upon
it over the years. Such exceedingly rare communities
will often have even more advanced technology than
the Ancients possessed, giving them an increased
advantage. Such groups generally scorn the Ancients
for destroying the world and consider them weak,
ignorant, and even primitive in comparison to
themselves. Many communities founded by artificially
intelligent life forms are of this type.
An example of such a community might be an
underground complex where an artificially intelligent
robot has remained intact for decades, recreating
and reactivating androids and other robots to do
its bidding. Humans and mutants are enslaved by
these robotic armies to perform manual labor for
the robot legion, producing weapons, maintaining
power sources, etc. Another example might be a
peaceful community, populated by highly intelligent
researchers, scientists, and thinkers, which fled to
a secure underground shelter to wait out the war.
Together they have developed advanced technologies
(agricultural methods for growing fungi and algae,
energy-to-matter replication units, etc.), and now
they are beginning to send out scouts to explore the
wasteland in hopes of making peaceful contact with
other survivors of the holocaust. They believe that if
they spread their wisdom, they can help to ensure that
the same kind of cataclysm never occurs again.
permanent class skill: Computer Use, Concentration,
Craft (any), Decipher Script, Demolitions, Disable

Device, Drive, Knowledge (any), Navigate, Pilot,
Repair, Research, or Treat Injury.
Bonus Feats: Advanced characters get no bonus
feats and must spend one of their feats to gain the
Advanced Technology feat at 1st level.
Language: Ancient
Special: Advanced characters start with one Artifact
of the Ancients (market value 12,000 cp or less).
OCCUPATIONS
The post-apocalyptic
setting is unique in that it
straddles past and future.
Many wondrous items
of advanced technology
exist, but the common man
and woman live a short, squalid life not unlike those
of our distant ancestors. As a result, the occupations
in d20 Modern are unsuitable for games set in
Darwins World and should not be used without
the express permission of the GM. Here is a list of
occupations more suited to making your way through
the wasteland.
Academic
Academics in this post-apocalyptic world are rare.

Few libraries, schools, or universities exist. In a world
where survival is the order of the day, the academic
life is a very unprofitable one. Most academics come
from larger communities where such abilities are
rewarded, if only a little.
Skills: Choose two of the following skills as
permanent class skills: Computer Use, Craft (writing),
Decipher Script, Gather Information, Knowledge
(any), Research, or add a new Read/Write Language
or a new Speak Language. If a skill the character
selects is already a class skill, he or she receives a +1
competence bonus on checks using that skill.
Starting Corium: 5d4 x 100 cp.
Caravan Guard
Any valuable cargo is a target for the scum of the

wasteland. Many traders hire guards to help ensure
their goods arrive safely.
Skills: Select two of the following as permanent
class skills: Navigation, Drive, Diplomacy, Handle
Animal, Intimidate, Ride, Sense Motive, Spot,
Survival. If a skill the character selects is already a
class skill, he or she receives a +1 competence bonus
on checks using that skill.
Corium Prospector
Most miners are an unfortunate, sorry lot who find

their occupation listed under the title slave. Corium
prospectors, however, are not like typical miners. They
are trained to spot likely sources of the rare metal,
either by learning the physical signs left on the land
by the catastrophic conditions under which this metal
is formed, or by studying the scrolls of the Ancients
to learn the most likely locations. As the economy of
the Twisted Earth grows, and city-states seek to move
away from simple barter toward hard currency, these
prospectors are becoming more and more numerous.
class skills: Climb, Decipher Script, Gather
Information, Handle Animal, Knowledge (earth and
life sciences, ancient lore), Navigate, Read/Write
(ancient), Research, Search, Survival. If a skill the
character selects is already a class skill, he or she
receives a +1 competence bonus on checks using that
skill.
Craftsman
Not everyone on the Twisted Earth lives an exciting

life. Some merely try to survive as people always
have, operating shops, repairing vehicles, feeding their
families, and trying to stay out of trouble.
class skills: Craft (structural), Diplomacy, Gather
Information, Handle Animal, Knowledge (current
events), Repair, Survival. If a skill the character
Demagogue
As the people of the Twisted Earth gather into larger

and larger groups, forming alliances
and building towns and cities,
politicians again rise from among
them to lead. Many of these
public servants have no real
desire to help the people they lead
at all, instead manipulating the
emotions of their followers to their
own benefit. Many politicians get
their start as pamphleteers, writers
of propaganda for other politicians,
and writers of slander about those politicians
enemies (including letters and documents,
supposedly written by those enemies,
which appear right on cue at
election time). Some of these
pamphlets are evolving into a
form strangely reminiscent of the
newspapers of the Old West.

class skills: Bluff, Craft (writing, visual arts),
Diplomacy, Knowledge (civics, current events, mutant
lore, popular culture), Sense Motive. If a skill the
character selects is already a class skill, he or she
receives a +1 competence bonus on checks using that
skill.
Furniture
It is an unfortunate truth that prostitution is one of the

oldest and most enduring professions in the history
of the world. The Twisted Earth is no different. There
are always men willing to pay for sex, and there are
always women willing, or with no other choice than,
to trade the use of their bodies to make their way in the
world.
class skills. Bluff, Diplomacy, Gamble, Gather
Information, Knowledge (streetwise), Perform (dance),
Sense Motive, Sleight of Hand. If a skill the character
Guide
The deserts and roads of the Twisted Earth are not

for the timid, and it pays to have a guide who has
traveled them before. These characters lead travelers
and caravans through the wastes for a fee, using their
knowledge of these areas to avoid danger and keep
expeditions adequately supplied.
Skills: Select two of the following as
permanent class skills: Climb,
Drive, Handle Animal, Listen,
Navigate, Ride, Sense Motive,
Spot, Survival. If a skill the
character selects is already a
class skill, he or she receives
a +1 competence bonus on
checks using that skill.
Starting Corium: 6d6 x
100 cp.
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Healer
Healers are important members of any community.

They often possess only limited skill and experience,
but in a world where much medical knowledge has
been lost, this makes them comparative experts.
Skills: Choose two of the following skills as
permanent class skills: Craft (pharmaceutical),
Knowledge (behavioral sciences, earth and life
sciences), Treat Injury. If a skill the character selects
is already a class skill, he or she receives a +1
Herdsman
As the people of the Twisted Earth begin to

domesticate the animals of their world, there arises a
need for skilled herdsmen to care for the beasts, much
as the need arose millennia ago. Herdsmen tend their
flocks, whether of desert horses, fraxx steeds, or even
the occasional gront.
class skills: Climb, Handle Animal, Jump, Navigate,
Ride, Survival. If a skill the character selects is already
a class skill, he or she receives a +1 competence bonus
Merchant
Trade is an important part of life for the denizens

of the Twisted Earth. Resources are scarce since the
Fall, and trade often the only way to procure goods
essential to survival.
Skills: Select one of the following as a permanent
class skill: Bluff, Diplomacy, Gamble, Gather
Information, Knowledge (Business), Sense Motive.
If a skill the character selects is already a class skill,
he or she receives a +1 competence bonus on checks
using that skill.
Starting Corium: 8d12 x 100 cp
Military
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The term military in post-apocalyptic Earth could

mean anything from community militia to members of
military-based pseudo-society.
Skills: Choose one of the following skills as
permanent class skills. Climb, Demolitions, Drive,
Hide, Intimidate, Knowledge (tactics), Move Silently,
Navigate, Pilot, Survival, Swim. If a skill the character
Repairman
Like healers, Repairmen are valuable community

members who posses a much-sought-after ability.
Even the most limited fixer is an asset to any group.
Skills: Select two of the following skills as
permanent class skills: Computer Use, Craft
(structural), Knowledge (technology), Repair,
Research. If a skill the character selects is already a
Slave
Unfortunately, the ancient practice of slavery is alive

and well in the Twisted Earth. People own slaves for
a variety of purposes, the most common of which are
manual labor and entertainment. Characters with
this occupation are assumed to have escaped or been
freed.
class skills: Climb, Craft (structural), Handle Animal,
Perform (any), Ride, Survival. If a skill the character
Bonus Feat: Select one of the following: Animal
Affinity, Endurance, Concubine, Forsaken, Gladiator.
Starting Corium: 5d4 x10 cp
Slaver
Few slaves go willingly to the block. Slavers are the

people who fill the pipelines of the Twisted Earth with
the free manual labor many struggling city-states need
to survive.
class skills: Bluff, Diplomacy, Disguise, Gamble,
Gather Information, Intimidate, Knowledge
(Business). If a skill the character selects is already a
Wanderer
Whether through wanderlust, a desire for the new

and different, or a state of exile from his home, the
character has been on the move for most of his life and
is comfortable staying that way.
class skills: Climb, Drive, Diplomacy, Handle Animal,
Knowledge (geography), Navigate, Speak Language,
Ride. If a skill the character selects is already a class
skill, he or she receives a +1 competence bonus on
checks using that skill.
THE POSTAPOCALYPTIC
HERO
Hed been moving through
the ruins of the ancient city for
days now, and the old man hadnt seen a single sign of
life since hed first arrived. Now, as the sun reached its
zenith, he slipped into the cool shadows provided by
some majestic structure of broken stone that even now
reached into the sky to a dizzying height.
The interior was much more magnificent than he
could have imagined from outside, though it was a
mess, to be sure, a ruin of crumbled stone, toppled
pillars, and rotted wood. Images carved into the
masonry depicted solemn faces of men long gone, all
looking almost sorrowfully down upon the chaos of
the place, their faces frozen in time. A great pane of
stained glass, broken and covered in dead and dying
mold, bathed the vaulted room with a kaleidoscope of
colors. The sight took his breath away.
As he walked, he realized he was moving quietly,
even gingerly, as if the very nature of the place
demanded respect and silence. As he came near the
central altar, the abundance of skeletons clustered
there made his heart skip a beat. A collection of almost
fifty ancient dead, who had almost certainly come
here in the final hours of their great civilization, was
nothing but brittle remains now, crunching under the
rubber soles of his boots. At the center of the mass sat
what might have been just another skeleton, but this
one was robed in black with a white collar
The scavenger stepped forwardhis hand shaking
wildly as if he half-expected the dead figure to rise and
curse him before crumbling into dustand snatched
the shabby, leather-bound book from its bony grasp.
He flipped through the pages, smelled the incensesaturated leaves, and cautiously withdrew, stepping
out of the light of the glorious windows. He looked
over everything in his wake, scanning the room with
his keen old eyes, just to make sure the dead would not
rise.
As he reached the door and was comforted by the
touch of the burning noon sun, he started to laugh. He
chided himself for his superstition, ridiculed himself
for being afraid of ghosts.
Turning to face the nightmare emptiness of the
world outside, he dropped the book. To him it was
nothing more than another piece of junk. If these dead
men had once thought it had any magic, any at all, it
certainly hadnt been enough to save them.
What use, then, was it to him?
The Post-Apocalyptic Hero is an optional base class

for new characters. The Post-Apocalyptic Hero
represents a typical denizen of post-Fall Earth.
His talents focus on some of the basic elements of
post-apocalyptic adventuring: surviving the brutal
environment, scavenging for resources, learning about
the Ancients, and improving mutations.
The Post-Apocalyptic Hero might possess
knowledge of Ancient history or be a gifted repairman.
He might be a skilled guide capable of navigating
the wastelands or a master of mental mutations.
Regardless of his chosen path, he is a rare breed of
human or mutant who has managed to survive in an
unforgiving, perilous world.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the PostApocalyptic Hero base class.
Hit Dice: 1d8
Action Points: 5 + one-half of the characters level,
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero class skills
are: Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Hide (Dex), Jump
(Str), Knowledge (mutant lore, ancient lore) (Int),
Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Profession (Wis),
Navigate (Int), Search (Int), Spot (Wis), and Survival
(Wis).
Skill Points at 1st Level: (5 + Int modifier) x4.
Skill Points at Each Subsequent Level: 5 + Int
modifier.
Starting Feats: In addition to the two feats all
characters get at first level, a Post-Apocalyptic Hero
begins play with the Simple Weapons Proficiency feat.
Class Features
The following are class features of the PostApocalyptic Hero.
Talents: At 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level, the PostApocalyptic Hero selects a talent from the following
talent trees. Some talents have prerequisites that a
character must meet before selecting them. As long as
the hero qualifies, she can select freely from any and
all talent trees. No talent can be selected more than
once unless expressly indicated.
Note: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero has four talent
trees. The reason for this is that its likely the
characters background or mutations will prohibit her
taking talents from one or two of those trees.
Bonus Feats: At 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 10th level, the
Post-Apocalyptic Hero gains a bonus feat. This feat
must be selected from the following list: Alertness,
Archaic Weapons Proficiency, Athletic, Brawl, Dodge,
Great Fortitude, Guide, Personal Firearm Proficiency,
Run, Toughness, Track, Weapon Focus. The character
must meet any prerequisites for these feats.
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TABLE 1-1: THE POST-APOCALYPTIC HERO

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort Save
Ref save
Will Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+2
+3
+3
+4
+5
+6
+6
+7
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
Talent
Feat
Talent
Feat
Talent
Feat
Talent
Feat
Talent
Feat
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+0
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
Ancient Talent Tree

Some Post-Apocalyptic Heroes have dedicated
themselves to rediscovering the lost knowledge of the
Ancients.
Technologist: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero is versed
in the Technologies of the Ancients and gains a bonus
to Knowledge (technology) skill checks equal to his
Post-Apocalyptic Hero level.
Prerequisite: Post-Apocalyptic Technology.
Computer Lore: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero
understands computer technology, a powerful tool of
the Ancients, and gains a bonus to Computer Use skill
checks equal to his Post-Apocalyptic Hero level.
Medical Lore: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero has
studied the advanced medicines of the Ancients and
gains a bonus to Treat Injury skill checks equal to his
Historian: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero has studied
the vast history of the Ancients and gains a bonus to
Knowledge (ancient lore) skill checks equal to his
Craft Lore: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero has studied
the engineering techniques of the Ancients and gains a
bonus to one Craft skill equal to his Post-Apocalyptic
Hero level. This talent may be taken more than once.
Each time the character chooses a new Craft skill.
Prerequisite: Advanced Technology.
Mutant Talent Tree
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Most of the denizens of the post-Fall Earth are

mutants, and the smartest and strongest of this new
breed of humanoid learn to master their newly
developed mutations.
Mutation Knowledge: Upon a successful
Knowledge (mutant lore) check (DC 15), The
Post-Apocalyptic Hero can identify a mutants
most advanced mutation and defect, including the
type of mutation and defect as well as the level of
advancement.
Prerequisite: Knowledge (mutant lore) 1 rank.

Mutant Weapon: Many mutants develop mutations
that provide them with natural weapons, such as
claws or horns. The Post-Apocalyptic Hero gains +1
competence bonus to attack with any mutation-related
weapon.
Prerequisite: Mutant, Mutation Knowledge.
Neural Feat: A few mutants develop neural
mutations, or psionics. A Post-Apocalyptic Hero with
this talent has expanded the potential power unlocked
by his mutations, gaining a bonus neural feat.
Prerequisite: Neural Mutation, Mutation
Knowledge.
Scavenge Talent Tree

The Post-Apocalyptic Hero is the ideal scavenger.
Improvised Toolkit: Often a full mechanical or
electrical toolkit is unavailable. In these situations,
the Post-Apocalyptic Hero can create a toolkit from
improvised tools. While repairs take twice as long with
improvised tools, the Post-Apocalyptic Hero does not
suffer the 4 penalty to his Repair check.
Prerequisite: Repair 1 rank.
Restore: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero has a knack
for performing repairs correctly the first time. When
taking 10 on repair checks, he restores the maximum
hit points possible (often 12).
Prerequisite: Improvised Toolkit
Vulture: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero is an expert at
finding things that others often overlookor are too
busy to noticeand receives a +4 bonus to Search
checks.
Survival Talent Tree

One of the main goals of any Post-Apocalyptic Hero
is survival in the harsh environments of post-Fall
Earth, where food, water, and shelter are often in short
supply.
Conserve: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero has a unique
ability to maximize use of available food and water.
He needs only half the normal daily requirements of
food and water but prefers to get the full requirements

if possible.
Wasteland Lore: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero
knows how to survive in the ravaged wastelands
comprising much of post-Fall Earth. He gains a bonus
equal to his Post-Apocalyptic Hero level to Survival
and Navigate skill checks in wasteland areas.
Necropoli Lore: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero
knows how to survive in the ruins of the great cities
of the Ancients. He gains a bonus equal to his PostApocalyptic Hero level to Survival and Navigate skill
checks in necropoli.
Survival Sense: A multitude of predators, both
human and monstrous, prey on the denizens of
post-Fall Earth. The Post-Apocalyptic Hero has the
uncanny ability to know when life-threatening danger
is present. He gains a +2 bonus to Initiative rolls and
+2 bonus to spot checks when detecting an ambush.
Prerequisite: Necropoli or Wasteland Lore.
ADVANCED
CLASSES
The following classes are
generic archetypes for the
post-apocalyptic setting.
Many of the advanced classes
presented in the d20 Modern are not appropriate for
a post-apocalyptic setting, mainly due to their broad
use and mastery of technology. Most of the pre-Fall
technology in a post-apocalyptic setting has been
lost, and survivors are only starting to rediscover the
advancements of the Ancients. Other classes dont
fit simply because their roles no longer exist in the
proper context. Of the classes presented in the d20
D20 MODERN, only the Soldier, Martial Artist, and
Gunslinger should be options for players. However,
there are several Soldier variants outlined below that
make the modern version redundant.

While many of the following classes can be
attained at 4th level, a few of the classes have stiffer
prerequisites that will require additional levels before
they may be taken, but none of them require levels
beyond 10th.
BARBARIAN
Crouching atop a heap of rubble among the urban
ruins to watch for prey, the figure is almost invisible
to the untrained eye. Lean and wiry from years of
scrounging for droplets water from city wreckage
and wrestling edible food from the nests of rats and
other ruin dwellers, the man looks as wild any mangy
jackal from the desert. A bristling beard, flecked
with bits of oily food from his last meal days past,
meshes well with the suit of armor that covers his
body bits of leathery hide studded with any metal he
can find, from old coins to wedding rings pried from
the fingers of ancient corpses. Like his hand-made suit
of armor, the barbarians weapon is similarly crude:
a well-balanced axe-handle encrusted with shards of
broken beer bottles that gleam with a pearly color in
the midday sun. Looking like a statue made from an
assortment of discarded junk, he fits perfectly into the
blasted landscape that surrounds him.
This mans entire life will be spent among the ruins
or in the wasteland, making use of anything and
everything he can get his hands on. The rare trader or
wasteland wanderer who comes into contact with him
will often think the man to be little more than a savage
and will do quick trade for shiny goods before moving
on in fear. The barbarian, a true survivor, has no
concept of civilization or the neutrality of traders,
and is as eager to take, as he is to trade.
Barbarians are savage people, outsiders from various
wasteland societies, who have forgotten the glory and
technology that was the Ancients and instead dwell in
TABLE 1-2: THE BARBARIAN

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort Save
Ref Save
Will Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
1/Rage
Junk Armor
Bonus Feat
2/Rage
Junk Weapon
Bonus Feat
3/Rage
Junk Mastery
Bonus Feat
4/Rage
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+0
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
15
Hit Dice: 1d12.

rounded down.
Class Skills: The Barbarian class skills are: Balance
(Dex), Climb (Str), Handle Animal (Cha), Hide (Dex),
Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Listen (Wis), Move
Silently (Dex), Navigate (Int), Search (Int), Spot
(Wis), and Survival (Wis).
Skill Points at Each Level: 3 + Int modifier.
Class Features
ignorance among their ashes. Turning gnarled metal

and fire-blackened garbage into tools and weapons,
they have long abandoned the ways of civilization for
a brutal existence as scavengers and foragers of the
ruins.
Though unfamiliar with the violent, burgeoning
culture that has developed in the wasteland sometimes
barbaric types find their way to centers of population
(such as trade towns along the established trade routes
of the desert). When and if they do, they are often as
not awed by what they see, quickly becoming drunk
on the multitude of new sights, sounds and people they
discover there. Ultimately, however, truly barbaric
types find such company discomforting and soon
return to their simple lives in isolation.
Requirements
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To qualify to become a Barbarian, a character must

fulfill the following criteria.
Base Attack Bonus: +3.
Skills: Survival 3 ranks.
Feats: Archaic Weapons Proficiency.
Special: Must be from Feral or Tribal background
and may not have the Post-Apocalyptic Technology
feat.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Barbarian
advanced class.
The following features pertain to the Barbarian

advanced class.
Bonus Feats: A Barbarian receives a bonus feat at
3rd, 6th, and 9th level. The feat must be selected from
the following list, and the character must meet the
prerequisites to select it: Animal Affinity, Alertness,
Armor Proficiency (light), Armor Proficiency
(medium), Athletic, Brawl, Cleave, Combat Reflexes,
Endurance, Exotic Melee Weapon Proficiency, Filthy,
Great Cleave, Guide, Improved Brawl, Power Attack,
Sunder, Vulture.
Junk Armor: The Barbarian character has the
ability to use junk and other scrap material to
construct makeshift, but effective, armor. Examples
include using a stop sign for a shield or scrap metal
as a breastplate. The character must have access
to some form of scrap material. Using this ability
requires a successful Survival skill check, taking
into consideration any of the location modifiers
below. Unless the junk armor is light, the character
is not proficient with the new armor until they have
worn it for 2d6 days, unless the already posses the
proper Armor Proficiency (Medium or Heavy). After
that period, the Barbarian is proficient. Note that
this ability does not actually grant the character the
Armor Proficiency feat. It only means the character is
Proficient with the junk armor he has created.
Material
Scarce
Ruins
Wreckage
Large Wreckage
Junk Yard
Untouched Pre-Fall Ruins
Check Modifier
-2
0
+2
+4
+4
+6
Junk Weapons: The Barbarian character can utilize

junk objects as effective weapons. Often the Barbarian
will choose an object that has unique properties and
tweak it (bending, sharpening) into a deadly exotic
weapon. Unless the junk is a club, the character is not
proficient with a new junk weapon until she has used
if for 2d6 days. After that period, the Barbarian is
proficient.
The junk weapons damage, type, and weight
TABLE 1-3: JUNK ARMOR

Scrap
Material
Type
Equip.
Bonus
Nonprof.
Bonus
Max Dex
Bonus
Armor
Penalty
Speed
Weight
Survival
Check
Hides, Wood,
Leather
Light
+2
+1
+5
-0
30
20 lbs
20
Medium
+5
+2
+3
-3
25
35 lbs
25
Heavy
+8
+3
+1
-6
20
50 lbs
30
Metal
Advanced
Material
are based on its size (see below). Weapons can do

bludgeoning, piercing or slashing damage according
to the players choice (except for tiny size weapons,
which dont have the heft to make effective
bludgeoning weapons). A character may choose from
the size and damage dice options listed below. Using
this ability requires a successful Survival skill check
(DC 15). If the Barbarians Survival check exceeds 25,
the GM should grant the weapon a unique property.
The following are some examples.
Extremely Deadly: The objects configuration causes
harsh wounds or easily penetrates armor. This can
grant the weapon one of the following properties: +1
damage bonus, +1 to attack, or increase the critical
range to 19-20.
Reach: The object is long, granting the user 5 feet of
additional reach.
Glow: The object contains an internally powered
light source and thus glows (20-foot radius).
Advanced Material: The object is some form of
advanced material, granting one of the following
benefits: +2 hardness, half weight, or double HP.
Shock: The weapon has a broken power source
that shocks its target, doing +1d6 points of bonus
electricity damage. The electricity does not harm the
hands that hold the weapon.
Thrown: The objects shape allows it to be thrown
(e.g. hatchet) at a range increment of 10 feet.
These unique properties represent special qualities
in the material or object being used and not any
crafting ability possessed by the character.
Size
Tiny
Small
Damage
1d4
1d6
Reach
5 ft
5 ft
Weight
1d2 lb.
1d4 lb.
Medium
1d8, 2d4,
1d4+2
5 ft
1d6+1 lb.
Large
1d12, 2d6,
1d8+2
5 ft
2d4+2 lb.
Huge
3d6, 2d10,
2d6+2
10 ft
2d6+4 lb.
Junk Mastery: The Barbarian is an expert at using

junk weapons and armor. He gains a +1 Defense
Bonus with his junk armor and +1 to attack and
damage with his junk weapons.
Rage: The Barbarian can work himself into a frenzy

attacking his opponents with little regard for his own
safety. This grants the Barbarian ability bonuses
and is also terrifying to his opponents. In a rage, the
Barbarian temporarily gains +4 to Strength, +4 to
Constitution, and a +2 morale bonus on Will saves, but
suffers a 2 penalty to Defense.
The increase in Constitution increases the
Barbarians hit points by 2 points per level, but these
hit points go away at the end of the rage, and the
Constitution score drops back to normal. While raging,
a Barbarian cannot use skills or abilities that require
patience and concentration. (The only class skills he
cant use while raging are Craft, Handle Animal, and
Navigation.)
A fit of rage lasts for a number of rounds equal to
3 + the characters (newly improved) Constitution
modifier, but the Barbarian may end the rage at any
time. At the end of the rage, the Barbarian is fatigued
(2 to Strength, 2 to Dexterity, cant charge or run)
for the duration of that encounter. The Barbarian can
only fly into a rage once per encounter, and only a
certain number of times per day (determined by level).
However, a Barbarian may use 1 action point to rage if
he has already exhausted his daily allowance. Entering
a rage takes no time itself, but the Barbarian can only
do it during his action.
DEMAGOGUE
A huge man, easily noticeable atop the slanted,
makeshift podium, stood to address the crowds that
were already forming around the market square of the
wasteland settlement. From on high he could spot
those who came to hear his Message: men, women,
and children alike, traders, warriors, and scavs
wandering in from the sun-scorched nothingness of
the outside world. The audience was a mixed group
of mutants from the far corners of the sandy desert;
the faces that looked back to meet his gaze were a
reflection of many different hopes and dreams, of
desperate men down on their luck, outcasts from other
communities and gangs, haggard survivors who only
sought release from their pain - and others forged by
hardships to become the followers of this mans selfstyled New Future.
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TABLE 1-4: THE DEMAGOGUE

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
Followers
Lead Followers
Bonus Feat
Zealots
Captivate Masses
Bonus Feat
Conversion
Improved Zealots
Bonus Feat
Mass Conversion
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Breathing in deep he prepared to speak to the

assemblage, knowing that from this point on he would
be their new leader, a prophet of the Twisted Earth.
The Demagogue is one of the charismatic leaders
of the major factions of the wasteland, men (and
women) with the rare but extraordinary talent to bring
disparate masses together under one solid cause, one
united banner. The variety of philosophies, religions,
cults, and fledgling societies of the post-holocaust
world mean that the actual motivations and allure of
one Demagogue can be completely opposite from
each other; what appeals to the hopeful holdouts of

one corner of the desert might not appeal to the dregs
of another. Nonetheless, a strong voice, a sense of
conviction, and a dedicated purpose with any kind of
attraction is often enough to make mere men into gods.
In addition to the prestige accorded to leaders of
men (and entire movements), Demagogues have
a personal power rivaled by few. Whether merely
looked up to and admired as humble leaders, or deified
as saviors of a new age by fanatical followers,
they as often as not have entire armies of cohorts who
will willingly die for them, or trudge off into the dusty
wastes on any foolish errand to earn their masters
favor. With the ability to command men to give their
lives willingly, or to demand sacrifices in the name
of their cause without question, they can rightfully be
called the true princes of the Twisted Earth.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Demagogue, a character must
Skills: Diplomacy 6 ranks, Knowledge (theology
and philosophy) 6 ranks.
Feats: None
Special: One Allegiance.
Class Information
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The following information pertains to the Demagogue

advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d6.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Demagogue class skills are:
Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Decipher Script
(Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Gather Information (Cha),
Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (current events, theology
and philosophy) (Int), Listen (Wis), Perform (Cha),
Read/Write (any), Research (Int), Sense Motive (Wis),
Speak Language (any), Spot (Wis).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Demagogue
advanced class.
Bonus Feats: A Demagogue receives a bonus feat
at 3rd, 6th, and 9th level. The feat must be selected
from the following list, and the character must meet
the prerequisites to select it: Attentive, Confident,
Creative, Deceptive, Leadership, Renown, Studious,
Trustworthy. In addition to the above feats, the
Demagogue may choose a Talent from the Charismatic
Hero base class as a bonus feat.
A character may choose to use his Demagogue level
for any Talents that are based on Charismatic Hero
level if his Demagogue level is higher.
Followers: A Demagogue attracts followers
and disciples to his ideological cause. This ability
functions the same as the Leadership Feat expect that
the Demagogue does not gain a Cohort and starts
with a minimum of five 1st level followers (even if his
leadership score if less than 10). If the Demagogue
already has Leadership (or takes it later), he gains a +3
to his leadership score.
Lead Followers: The Demagogue is skilled at
influencing his flock with inspiring speeches and other
demonstrations of leadership. Using 1 action point,
the Demagogue can affect his entire flock of followers
with any Leadership Talent: Coordinate, Inspiration,
and Improved Inspiration (see Charismatic Hero).
Normally, characters can only affect one-half of their
Charismatic Hero level plus Demagogue level. This
expanded ability can only be used on characters of the
same Allegiance.
Zealots: At this point the Demagogue starts to
attract fanatical followers. All 2nd level followers
and above become Zealots, gaining a +2 morale
bonus to Attacks and Skill checks when acting on the
Demagogues behalf. Zealot followers are totally
committed to the Demagogues ideological cause and
are willing to sacrifice their own lives to further it.
Captivate Masses: Using his masterful oratory
skills, a Demagogue can captivate large crowds. Using
1 action point, the Demagogue can affect a large group
using the Captivate Talent (see Charismatic Hero).
This ability affects all characters within 50 feet that
can hear and see the Demagogue. The Demagogue
does not need to spend an action point each round to
maintain the captivation.
The effect ends for all captivated characters if any
captivated person is attacked or threatened. Characters
cannot be captivated a second time once the effect has
been broken.
Conversion: The Demagogue is an extremely
persuasive character and can convert other non-player
characters to his ideological cause. To convert another
non-player character, the Demagogue must use 1
action point and first make a Diplomacy check (DC
20). If the check is successful, the target may attempt
to resist. If the check fails, the Demagogue may not
try again. The target must be able to understand the

Demagogue.
The target resists the conversion attempt by making a
Will saving throw (DC 10 + Demagogue class level +
Demagogues Cha bonus). If the saving throw fails,
the target drops all contrary Allegiances and adopts the
Demagogues Allegiance. Certain circumstances may
grant the target a bonus or penalty to their resistance
saving throw.
Target
Already has Allegiance
Allegiance is diametrically
opposed
Higher level
Previously threatened by character
(or party)
DC Modifier
+2
+2
+2
+4
Improved Zealots: Upon reaching 8th level the

Demagogues entire flock consists of Zealots. All
followers gain a +2 morale bonus to Attacks and Skill
checks when acting on the Demagogues behalf.
Mass Conversion: At 10th level, the Demagogue
can convert more than one non-player characters at a
time. To attempt a mass conversion, the Demagogue
must use 1 action point and first make a Diplomacy
check (DC 25). If the check is successful, the
targets may attempt to resist. If the check fails, the
Demagogue may not attempt to convert any of the
targets again. The targets must be able to understand
the Demagogue. The Demagogue can attempt to
convert one character per Demagogue class level.
GUARDIAN
The searing wind of midday pulls and tugs at the
tightly wrapped rags and fittings of the tall figures
clothes. Clad from head to toe in white linen and bits
of scavenged rags, the soldier still manages to look
austere and vigilant despite the stains and dirt caking
her uniform. Her face is lost beneath a turban of
flapping cloth, and only her eyes squinting from
the sun and the sand biting her lidsare visible. She
watches the approach of strangers, her hands expertly
readying the long-bored weapon cradled in her arms.
Guardians are members of established communities
who put bread on their tables through vigilance
and courage. In ancient times, they were known as
soldiers or police officers, but now they are much
more than that. Day and night, they train with their
weapons, awaiting the inevitable raider attack or mob
of worthless rabble come in desperation, seeking the
fruits of the communitys labors. Its a tough world,
a world that breeds tough men and women. The
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masses of poor souls whose own homes have been

razed and pillaged. It is the Guardians duty to protect
her people, their limited resources, and the interests
of her leaders. While many cling to their community
throughout their lives, some find that their talents
at shooting a gun or throwing a spear are useful in
other ways, and sell themselves off as mercenaries
or pit fighters. Others find that their mighty weapons
and skilled training are highly desired by the many
rampaging gangs and marauders of the wastes, and
end up joining (or even leading) the worlds most
feared bandit groups. Whatever her cause, whatever
her loyalties, the Guardian is the best of the fighting
breed.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Guardian, a character must
Skills: Knowledge (tactics) 3 ranks.
Feats: Archaic Weapon Proficiency or Personal
Firearm Proficiency.
Special: One Allegiance.
Class Information
Guardian has seen it all, the wasting Red Fever of

radiation, the bloating and eventual death of starved
children, and the kidnapping and rape of her sisters
and daughters. She has chosen to not lie down and
die, not to add her bones to those of the Ancients who
made this awful world. Instead, she has picked up a
weapon and decided to fight
As a character class, the Guardian embodies the
community guard, soldier, posse hunter, and keeper of
the peace. Communities inevitably require men and
women to protect them from the predatory elements
of the wastelandmutant raiders, road gangs, and the
TABLE 1-4: THE GUARDIAN
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The following information pertains to the Guardian

advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d10.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Guardian class skills are:
Demolitions (Int), Drive (Dex), Intimidate (Cha),
Jump (Str), Knowledge (tactics, current events, mutant
lore) (Int), Listen (Wis), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive
(Wis), Spot (Wis), and Survival (Wis).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Guardian
advanced class.
Level
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
Defender +2
Weapon Focus
Bonus Feat
Tactical Aid
Weapon Specialization
Bonus Feat
Defender +4
Greater Weapon Specialization
Bonus Feat
Raider Bane
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+0
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
Bonus Feats: A Guardian receives a bonus feat

the prerequisites to select it: Advanced Firearms
Proficiency, Archaic Weapons Proficiency, Armor
Proficiency (light), Armor Proficiency (medium),
Armor Proficiency (heavy), Burst Fire, Cleave,
Combat Reflexes, Double Tap, Exotic Firearms
Proficiency, Exotic Melee Weapon Proficiency, Far
Shot, Great Cleave, Improved Autofire, Personal
Firearm Proficiency, Point Blank Shot, Power Attack,
Rip a Clip, Reactive Shooter, Room-Broom, Strafe,
Suppressive Fire.
Defender: The Guardian fights best when defending
family and loved ones. A Guardian receives a +2
morale bonus to attack rolls and saving throws when
directly fighting in defense of her community. This
bonus increases to +4 at level 7.
Weapon Focus: A Guardian gains the Weapon
Focus class feature, providing the benefits of the feat
with the same name. The Guardian chooses a specific
weapon on which to focus. For the purposes of this
feature, the Guardian can choose unarmed strike or
grapple as the weapon of focus. The Guardian must be
proficient with the chosen weapon.
The Guardian adds +1 to all attack rolls made using
the selected weapon.
Tactical Aid: A Guardian is a skilled combatant and
can provide tactical advice to her fellow warriors.
As an attack action, the Guardian can provide
tactical aid to any single ally within sight and voice
range of her position (but not herself).
As a full-round action, the Guardian can provide
tactical aid to all allies within sight and voice range of
her position (including herself).
This aid provides either a competence bonus on
attack rolls or a dodge bonus to Defense (Guardians
choice). This bonus is equal to the Guardians
Intelligence modifier (minimum +1), and it lasts for a
number of rounds equal to one-half of her level in the
Guardian class, rounded down.
TABLE 1-5: THE JUJU DOCTOR

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
This ability stacks with any bonuses granted by the

Tactician or Teamwork feats.
Weapon Specialization: A Guardian gains weapon
specialization with a specific melee or ranged weapon
to which she has also applied the Weapon Focus feat
or class feature. The Guardian gets a +2 bonus on
damage rolls with the chosen weapon.
Greater Weapon Specialization: A Guardian
gains greater weapon specialization with the weapon
she selected for weapon specialization. This ability
increases the bonus on damage rolls to +4 when using
the selected weapon.
Raider Bane: A Guardian of 10th level no longer
fears Raiders. Learning from numerous engagements
with them, she has an intimate knowledge of Raider
fear tactics.
When making saves against Raiders fear abilities
(Bloodthirsty Cry, Horrifying Kill, Death Cry), the
Guardian doubles her Will bonus. In addition, she
gains her Defender bonus against Raiders, whether or
not she is defending her people.
JUJU DOCTOR
The juju doctor, whose naked body had been painted
head to toe with a silvery pigment, leaned over to
look at the injured stranger. A crowd of impoverished
villagers waited at the tents opening, through which
a weak and dusky light broke to illuminate the
scene. Badly injured by a rabid, mutant animal, the
strangers head spun with pain and disorientation as
he lay on a bed of hides and furs.
The juju doctors yellow eyes took in every detail
of his patient. He raised his gnarled wooden staff,
shaking the bizarre menagerie of house keys, pull tabs,
and bells as if to frighten off the evil spirits that were
sure to be lingering in the tent, waiting to steal the
mans soul away to the netherworld.
The stranger, through clouded eyes, saw the juju
man retrieve a syringe and raise it over his head.
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Juju Specialist +1
Brew Potion
Bonus Feat
Expert Healer
Juju Specialist +2
Bonus Feat
Juju Mastery
Juju Specialist +3
Bonus Feat
Juju Miracle
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
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magical abilities, his understanding of wounds,

disease, and poison (and their treatment) make him
one of the most important assets to a people or group
in the harsh and inhospitable world of the Twisted
Earth.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Juju Doctor, a character must
Skills: Treat Injury 6 ranks.
Feats: Juju Doctor.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Juju Doctor
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d8.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Juju Doctor class skills are:
Concentrate (Con), Craft (pharmaceutical) (Int),
Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Knowledge
(behavioral sciences, earth and life sciences, mutant
lore, technology) (Int), Listen (Wis), Profession (Wis),
Read/Write Language (none), Research (Int), Speak
Language (none), Spot (Wis), and Treat Injury (Wis).
Class Features
The crowd gasped, as if the dirty needle were an
object of great power.
Please let it be morphine, the stranger mumbled.
The juju man leaned over and whispered as
soothingly as possible into his delirious patients ear.
This gon hurt. But if me stick, demons leave you
body through hole. Yes?
The strangers eyes widened, realizing just how
primitive his caretakers really were.
Oh gawd...
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The Juju Doctor is one of the most mysterious yet

highly valued members of any community in the
wastes. Legends speak of the painted faces, feathered
headdresses, and magic focus sticks of tribal shaman
and desert witches and the potent magic of healing
and life-giving they alone possessa knowledge of
the human body and lost spellcraft passed down only
through jealous whispers from one generation to the
next.
In other places, the craft of the Juju Doctor is a little
more refined, circulating among the educated elite as
a priceless science for the repair of injury and disease.
Even in these more civilized communities, however,
the Juju Doctor is elevated in position and prestige, his
art still often viewed as a kind of magic in a world
of decaying understanding and enlightenment.
Though the Juju Doctor does not, in fact, have
The following features pertain to the Juju Doctor

advanced class.
Bonus Feats: A Juju Doctor receives a bonus feat
at 3rd, 6th, and 9th level. The feat must be selected from
prerequisites to select it: Advanced Pharmaceutical
Discipline, Alertness, Attentive, Educated, Improved
Initiative, Medical Expert, Quick Treatment, Radiation
Sense, Studious, Surgery.
Juju Specialist: The Juju Doctor receives a
competence bonus on Treat Injury checks. At 1st level,
the bonus is +1. It increases to +2 at 5th level and to +3
at 8th level.
Brew Potion: The Juju Doctor has the ability to
brew primitive potions that have the same effect as the
Treat Injury skill. The material cost, brew time, and
brew DC are noted in the table below. The brew check
is made using the Juju Doctors Treat Injury skill. If
the brew check fails, the materials are wasted.
Effect
Restore Hit Points
Long Term Care
Treat Disease
Treat Poison
Cost
Brew
DC
Time
50 cp
100 cp
100 cp
100 cp
15
20
20
20
12 hours
24 hours
24 hours
24 hours
Unlike the Treat Injury skill, the Restore Hit Points

potion can be used more than once per day. The Long
Term Care potion only affects characters after a day of
complete rest.
Expert Healer: The Juju Doctors ability to restore
hit points with a juju, medical, or surgery kit and a
successful use of the Treat Injury skill improves. In
addition to the normal hit point recovery rate (1d4 for
a juju or medical kit, 1d6 per patients character level
for surgery), the Juju Doctor restores 1 hit point for
every level he has in this advanced class.
The ability also increases the benefits of Restore Hit
Points potions made by the Juju Doctor.
Juju Mastery: When making a Treat Injury skill
check, a Juju Doctor may take 10 even if stress
and distractions would normally prevent
him from doing so.
Juju Miracle: A Juju Doctor can save
a character reduced to 10 hit points
or lower. If the Juju Doctor is able to
administer aid within 3 rounds of the
characters death, he can make a Treat
Injury check. The DC for this check is 30,
and the Juju Doctor cant take 10 or take 20. If
the check succeeds, the dead character can make a
Fortitude save (DC 15) to stabilize and be restored to
0 hit points.
If the Juju Doctor fails the skill check or the patient
fails the save, the dead character cant be saved.
PSIONIC
Freak! came a terrified cry from the crowd, and
the tall foreign woman making her way through the
village square spun on her heel. The pack of locals,
who had up to this point seemed oblivious to her
presence, came alive due to the commotion of a small
group of individuals who pushed their way through,
brandishing spears and bows, no doubt intent on
doing her harm.
As the woman turned to face them, her eyes
seemed to emanate a luminous power, an unexpected
phenomenon that caused the crowd to shriek and run.
She recognized her pursuers, a pack of primitive men,
from one village or another in the wasteland, who had
been tracking her for weeks.
Touching her hand to her forehead and narrowing
her eyes as if in deep concentration, the freak
seemed completely unconcerned as the men drew back
their bowstrings and let loose a flight of arrows. The
projectiles bounced, bent, and cracked apart only
inches from her, as if they had hit an invisible field as
hard as steel.
This time she would not run.
As the men realized they could not harm her with
any of their weapons, they stood like a line of idiots,
staring with gaping jaws.
Now it was her turn to act.

As she extended her empty hand, a beam of brilliant
energy instantly coalesced from the surrounding air,
like a sword of light. With two quick leaps she was
upon them, among them, slicing away and cutting the
would-be witch hunters to pieces.
Known by a variety of derogatory names like freaks
and weirds, those individuals who exhibit psychic
(a.k.a. psionic) abilities are as often feared for their
unexplainable talents as they are admired. While some
technological communities are at least aware of the
possibility that environmental radiation may enhance
the latent psychic powers in some, most survivors of
the apocalypse (who lack such an open mind) consider
psionics a form of dread magic, an invisible force
that lends an aspect of terror to those who control it.
Whether considered freaks, weirds, or merely
psions by the people they meet the lives of psionic
characters are seldom easy. Ostracized by conventional
communities for the powers they possess, feared for
their potential lethality, and blamed for misfortune
and disastrous events wherever they go, they are often
driven out, exiled, and even branded for what they are.
The sight of a known psionic entering a community
can sometimes lead to panic or acts of extreme
prejudice, and as such most psionics choose to keep
their abilities a secret until they are needed.
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TABLE 1-6: THE PSIONIC

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+2
+3
+3
+4
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
Neural Specialization
Neural Feat
Bonus Feat
Neural Advancement
Neural Feat
Bonus Feat
Neural Advancement
Neural Feat
Bonus Feat
Neural Advancement
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+0
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
RRequirements
To qualify to become a Psionic, a character must fulfill
the following criteria.
Skills: Knowledge (mutant lore) 6 ranks.
Special: Any Neural Mutation.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Psionic
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d8.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Psionic class skills are: Bluff
(Cha), Concentration (Con), Diplomacy (Cha),
Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (mutant lore) (Int),
Listen (Wis), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Spot
(Wis), Survival (Wis).
Class Features
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The following features pertain to the Psionic advanced

class.
Neural Specialization: Being a master of his neural
abilities, his opponents find it more difficult to resist
his psionic powers. For every 2 Psionic levels, the DC
to resist this characters Neural Mutations and Feats is
increased by one.
Neural Feat: A Psionic receives a bonus neural
feat at 2nd, 5th, and 8th level. Any neural feat may be
selected, and the character must meet the prerequisites
of the feat to select it.
Bonus Feats: A Psionic receives a bonus feat at
prerequisites of the feat to select it: Alertness, Animal
Affinity, Armor Proficiency (light), Archaic Weapon
Proficiency, Attentive, Blind Fight, Combat Reflexes,
Defensive Martial Arts, Deceptive, Focused, Improved
Initiative, Iron Will, Low Profile, Renown, Weapon
Focus.
Neural Advancement: A Psionic may advance one

of his neural mutations at 4th, 7th, and 10th level. He
may not select a new neural mutation but only advance
a mutation previously selected at character creation.
RAIDER
As the sun dips slowly behind the edge of the horizon,
the wide-open highway glows red with its reflected
radiance. The flat, cracked desert wasteland stretches
as far as the eye can see, split in two by the ancient
roadway and its mottled, wind-swept surface. The air
trembles, hums, then roars with the sound of choking
car engines, and the peaceful scene is suddenly broken
by clouds of churned dust and plumes of smoky gray
exhaust. Riding in rusted cars and trucks and mounted
upon graffiti-painted motorcycles, a massive gang
of nearly a hundred men, mutants, and slaves comes
roaring down the highway. In the lead is a figure clad
in dusty leathers bristling with ornate spikes and
studs, his body augmented by metal plates sewn into
his skin and obscene tattoos running the length of his
arms and legs. At his side dangles a wicked spiked
chain, and beside him, in a leathery holster, his cycle
carries his sticka powerful hunting rifle with a
meticulously maintained scope. This is the raidera
ruthless bandit, a bloodthirsty highwayman come to
crush the souls of the weak
The Raider is a member of a widespread group in the
post apocalyptic worldthe countless gangs of riffraff, renegades, and cold-blooded killers that thrive
in the deserts and hills and along the highways of the
Ancients. Like old-time highwaymen, they virtually
control the world outside the protected confines of
the wastelands communities. No one travels alone,
unprepared, or unsuspecting without drawing their
unforgiving attentions. Rapists, madmen, and killers
make up their kind; there is no room for the weak,
TABLE 1-7: THE RAIDER

Level
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
Chaps and Chains +1

Bloodthirsty Cry
Bonus Feat
Chaps and Chains +2
Horrifying Kill
Bonus Feat
No Survivors
Chaps and Chains +3
Bonus Feat
Death Cry
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
merciful, or intellectual. Life in the wasteland is a

terrible ordeal, and those who cant make it alone are
often forced (whether by circumstance or otherwise)
to join with these awful gangs to survive. Former
merchants, community guardians, and others often find
themselves forsaking their past principles to swim in
the Raiders world of violence, death, and savagery.
Alternatively, characters of the Raider class may
be outcasts. The outcast is someone who has been
expelled by one of the many biker gangs, highwayman
bands, or warlord armies; the reason, though the
outcast will seldom speak of it, can vary widely. The
outcast could have been expelled for failing his clan;
he could have been expelled for showing mercy on
the gangs victims; he could have turned against his
masters due to a change of heart or conscience; he
could even have fallen in love with his gang warlords
womanusually a fatal consequence. At the very
least, regardless of his transgression, his former
fellows, usually with hateful passion, hunt the Raider
outcast. He often still bears the identifying marks
of his former gang (a tattoo, brand, etc.), and thus is
usually distrusted (if not despised) by all organized
communities. He is, to sum it up, an outcast to all
persons in the blighted wastes.
Class Skills: The Raider class skills are: Climb

(Str), Drive (Dex), Gather Information (Cha),
Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (tactics,
current events) (Int), Ride (Dex), and Survival (Wis).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Raider advanced
class.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Raider, a character must fulfill
Feats: Archaic Weapon Proficiency or Personal
Firearm Proficiency.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Raider
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d10.
Action Points: 6 + one-half of the characters
level, rounded down.
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Bonus Feats: A Raider receives a bonus feat

Proficiency (light), Armor Proficiency (medium),
Armor Proficiency (heavy), Brawl, Burst Fire, Cleave,
Combat Reflexes, Exotic Firearms Proficiency, Exotic
Melee Weapon Proficiency, Great Cleave, HardEyed, Improved Brawl, Improved Knockout Punch,
Intimidating Strength, Knockout Punch, Personal
Firearm Proficiency, Power Attack, Sunder, Strafe,
Vehicle Expert, Weapon Focus.
Chaps and Chains: A Raiders accoutrements
include all manner of chains, rusty locks, studs, and
spikes. Any armor taken by a Raider soon becomes
adorned with the stuff, increasing its equipment bonus
by +1 while in his possession. This has no effect if a
Raider is stripped or caught unarmored. This bonus
increases +1 every 4 levels.
Bloodthirsty Cry: The Raider can make the most
of his vicious appearance, scars, tattoos, and pierced
body to threaten and frighten those of lesser abilities.
As a move action, the Raider can generate a shout that
brings fear to all opponents within a 30-foot radius
that have a lower level than he does. Creatures that fail
a Will saving throw (DC 10 + 12 the Raiders character
level + Charisma modifier) are shaken, suffering a
2 penalty on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks
for a number of rounds equal to 1d6 + the Raiders
Charisma. Deaf opponents are unaffected.
Horrifying Kill: A Raider may attack a downed
creature (one that is below 0 hit points or has been
killed by previous attack) and cause a horrifying scene.
This usually entails dismemberment, disembowelment,
beheading, or a splattering of blood that sprays
onlookers. Spectators of lower level than the victim
(not the Raider) must make Will saving throw (DC 10
+ 12 the Raiders character level + Charisma modifier)
or be shaken, suffering a 2 penalty on attack rolls,
saves, and skill checks for a number of rounds equal to
1d6 + the Raiders Charisma modifier. This ability can
affect creatures that resisted a Raiders Bloodthirsty
Cry.
No Survivors: Raiders are ruthless against those
who oppose them. A Raider can spend 1 action point
to gain an additional attack at his highest bonus
against another creature within his line of sight. This
allows a skilled Raider to clear a room or field of fire,
either through butchery in melee or mowing down all
opposition, in a manner of minutes. This ability can
only be used once per round.
Death Cry: A Raider may make a Bloodthirsty Cry
immediately after a Horrifying Kill. Those failing the
Will save against this cry (DC 10 + 12 the Raiders
character level + Charisma modifier) are panicked
instead of shaken. This ability can affect creatures that
resisted a previous Bloodthirsty Cry, but not if they
resisted a previous Death Cry.
ROAD WARRIOR
Almost reclining in the seat of his souped-up car,
which was covered in a layer of grease from the grimy
oil churning in its engine, the road warrior glared out
through the narrowed slits of his eyes at the roadway
ahead. The rough and ragged cement of the open
road was winding and whipping with each curve like
a snake gone berserk, but his practiced hands moved
calmly and smoothly over the wheel despite the erratic
maneuvers required just to say on the road.
Behind him, however, the enemy was catching up.
Mounted on cycles and driving stripped-down dune
buggies and trucks with beds converted to mount
vehicular crossbows, the raider gang rode in hot
pursuit. While it was true he had slipped unseen into
their camp the night before to relieve the raider scum
of their precious gas supply, he consoled himself with
the knowledge that that very same juice had no doubt
been ripped from the hands of murdered innocents by
those same pursuing raiders.
One of the buggies on his tail failed to take the
turn and ran straight off the road, plunging clear into
a gorge of dizzying depth from which there was no
return. He could hear the occupants screaming as they
plummeted to their deaths a hundred or so feet below.
The road warrior couldnt help but smile.
The Road Warrior is a member of a unique breed that
roams the vast plains and desert wastes of the Twisted
Earth, obeying no law, serving no community, and
scavenging the things he needs from the abandoned
husks of trucks, cars, and other vehicles along the
Ancient American road. The Road Warrior subsists,
not unlike the Scav, on the rare junk he finds, but his
primary concern is not food for his stomach or water
to sate his thirst, but fuel to power his ride.
The Road Warrior seeks the solitary life and the
freedom of the open road. The highways of the
Twisted Earth are fraught with peril, as roving bands
of raiders seek to dominate territory and raid supply
convoys, but the Road Warrior is prepared to deal
with this. He is a man who has become reliant on his
vehicle for survival in the empty, desolate world, and
this very reliance has made him an expert at fighting
from the back of his ride as well as defending himself
from the attacks of motorized brigands and warlord
armies that terrorize the roads and deserts of the
wastelands.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Road Warrior, a character must
Skills: Repair 6 ranks, Drive 6 ranks.
Feat: Vehicle Expert.
TABLE 1-8: THE ROAD WARRIOR

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
Boarding Party
Offensive Driving
Bonus Feat
Vehicular Evasion
Master Mechanic
Bonus Feat
Improved Sideswipe
Damage Threshold
Bonus Feat
Improved Ramming
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Road
Warrior advanced class.
Hit Die: 1d10.
rounded down, every time he or she attains a new level
in this class.
Class Skills: The Road Warriors class skills are:
Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con),
Drive (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge
(tactics, technology) (Int), Pilot (Dex), Repair (Int),
Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), and Tumble (Dex).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Road Warrior
advanced class.
Bonus Feats: The Road Warrior gets a bonus feat
from the following list, and the character must
meet the prerequisites to select it: Acrobatic,
Armor Proficiency (light), Athletic, Drive-by
Attack, Gearhead, Exotic Firearm Proficiency,
Force Stop, Heroic Surge, Improved Damage
Threshold, Intuitive Mechanic, Mobility, Precise
Shot, Personal Firearm Proficiency, Point Blank
Shot, Shot on the Run, Spring Attack, Surface
Vehicle Operation, and Vehicle
Dodge.
Damage Threshold: The
Road Warrior increases
his massive
damage threshold
by 3 points. This
increase stacks
with the increase
provided by
the Improved
Damage
Threshold feat.
Boarding Party: A Road Warrior can leap from

one vehicle to another, even at high speeds. The Road
Warrior gains a +4 competence bonus to Balance,
Jump, and Climb checks when attempting acrobatic
maneuvers during boarding attempts.
Offensive Driving: Using 1 action point, the Road
Warrior can operate a vehicle as a free action. This
allows him to take a full-round action with his free
hand, including firing a one-handed ranged weapon.
Vehicular Evasion: The Road Warrior can use this
ability to make a last-minute veer, literally dodging
an attack directed at his vehicle. Sacrificing his Attack
action, the Road Warrior may make a Reflex saving
throw (DC of the attack roll) to avoid a hit against
himself or his vehicle. A Road Warrior must be aware
of an attack to dodge it.
Master Mechanic: A Road Warrior gains a +4
competence bonus to Repair skill checks.
Improved Ramming: The Road Warrior is an
expert at ramming other vehicles or objects. When the
Road Warrior uses ramming, the target vehicle
or object takes collision damage as if
the Road Warriors vehicle was moving
at a speed higher. For example, if the
Road Warrior runs into another vehicle at
Alley speed the damage die is a d4 (Street
speed).
Improved Sideswipe: The Road warrior
is an expert at causing other
drivers to lose control
of their vehicles.
Upon a successful
sideswipe, the
target suffers a 4
to their Drive check
(to retain control).
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SCAV
A figure slips quietly through a field of junked
automobiles and heaps of rancid garbage, the scene
picked clean by vibrant purple vultures and buzzing
insects. She moves almost soundlessly, the only noise
coming from the rattling oilcans and greasy trinkets
dangling from her belt and overstuffed pack. She keeps
a weird gun slung over one shoulder, her hands free
to snap out and grab somethinganythingfrom the
piles of trash. She paints her face like a skull, so that
those who first see her feel fear rather than pity.
Scav is a derogatory term used widely throughout
the wastelands to refer to the misfits, outcasts, and
mongrel wanderers of the deserts and ruins. Scavs
are scavengers in the truest sense, making do with
the smallest amount of supplies for long periods of
time. She moves alone, exploring the ruins, deserts,
and wilderness in search of the next mother-lode
of lost goods or discarded junk. Many Scavs are
like old-time prospectors, following fantastic tales
of Ancient storehouses lost in the sands or forgotten
cities untouched by the hand of time. More often than
not, she is just a wormy little creature picking over
the refuse of other communities or the dead bodies of

raider prey strewn across the sand.
The Scav is a shrewd opportunist, always picking
her fights, watching her opponents from afar before
ever getting herself involved. Life as a loner is not an
easy one, but no one survives by being a fool. Trust
is a luxury, and the Scav knows nothing of luxuries.
While she often describes herself as an adventurer
and pioneer, a Scav is also like a vulture, waiting and
watching for the right opportunity to strike. Scavs
are notorious for shadowing caravans or other groups
moving through the deserts or ruins, knowing full well
the dangers the caravan faces. Once the bandits or
mutants have attacked, the Scav moves in to take what
she can before scampering off into the darkness.
Scavs are those who have survived all their lives on
their own, scrounging and scavenging in the wastes,
walking and sleeping among the ruins of mankinds
past. Such characters usually never knew their parents,
and though they may have had contact with other
people in the past, they never stayed very long; in
most cases, the men or women who gave them shelter
were killed by desert raiders or mutant scum. The Scav
is tough, having relied on her own wits and willpower
to endure the heat, radiation, and creatures of postapocalyptic Earth. Although she is equipped with only
the junk and refuse of civilizations past (she cannot
usually benefit from the makeshift inventions of the
various communities, for she is perpetually viewed
as an outsider), she knows well the value of every
little item, where it will be a valuable commodity, and
what price she can fetch. She utilizes even the most
mundane items, for she can find a use for anything
she has to survive.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Scav, a character must fulfill
Skills: Survival 6 ranks, Search 6 ranks.
Feats: Radiation Sense.
Class Information
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The following information pertains to the Scav

advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d8.
Action Points: 6 + one-half of the characters
level, rounded down.
Class Skills: The Scav class skills are: Bluff
(Cha), Decipher Script (Int), Disable Device
(Int), Drive (Dex), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather
Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Knowledge
(technology, current events, mutant lore) (Int),
Move Silently (Dex), Navigate (Int), Repair
(Int), Search (Int), Spot (Wis), and Survival
(Wis).
Skill Points at Each Level: 5 + Int
modifier.
TABLE 1-9: THE SCAV

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+2
+3
+3
+4
+5
+6
+6
+7
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
Scav Scan
Sneak Attack +1d6
Bonus Feat
Scav Survival
Sneak Attack +2d6
Bonus Feat
Feign Death
Sneak Attack +3d6
Bonus Feat
Shadow In The Open
+1
+2
+2
+3
+4
+4
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Scav advanced
class.
Bonus Feats: A Scav receives a bonus feat at 3rd,
th
6 , and 9th level. The feat must be selected from
prerequisites to select it: Acrobatic, Alertness, Armor
Proficiency (light), Athletic, Attentive, Cautious,
Defensive Martial Arts, Dodge, Elusive Target,
Meticulous, Mobility, Nimble, Run, Spring Attack,
Stealthy, Track, Unbalance Opponent.
Scav Scan: This ability represents the Scavs skill
at searching or scanning an area for valuable artifacts
or concealed passages leading to treasures troves of
the Ancients. This ability can be used in one of two
ways, either as a quick scan to find the most valuable
Artifact, or as a sweeping detailed search, making sure
nothing is missed.
Quick Scan: When performing a quick scan for
concealed doors or passages, hidden items, or other
valuable Artifacts, the Scav gets a +2 circumstance
bonus to Search checks. The scan covers an area out to
30 feet away from the Scav (but not behind her). This
ability uncovers everything that is detectable with the
Scavs skill check roll, all within a single round! Also,
with a successful Knowledge (technology) check (DC
15), the Scav can quickly identify the most valuable
items. Useful when a Scav has to flee!
Detailed Scan: When performing a detailed scan,
the Scav is effectively taking 20 on a Search check,
gaining a +4 circumstance bonus to the Search check
and the ability to search a 30-foot by 30-foot area
instead of the standard 5-foot by 5-foot area.
Scav Survival: The Scav has a knack for avoiding
massive damage. A Scav can spend 1 action point to
reduce the damage dealt by a single attack or effect by
half her Survival skill (minimum 5 points).
Sneak Attack: The Scav is a stealthy, sneaky
predator, often ambushing lone wanderers and
straggling merchants. As such, she receives a damage
bonus when her target is denied his Dexterity bonus

or flanked. A Scav may sneak attack with a melee
weapon or ranged weapon, as long as the enemy is
within 30 feet.
Feign Death: A Scav is able to pass for just
another dead body, a talent that is particularly
useful in avoiding dangerous combats or encounters
while out in the wild. A Scav using this ability is
indistinguishable from a dead body. The effect lasts 10
rounds per level of the Scav.
This ability is often used in conjunction with Scav
Survival, making it seem as if the Scav has been killed
by a deadly attack.
Shadow In The Open: A Scav has the ability to
literally blend in with her surroundings, enabling her
to hide even in plain sight (provided she does not
move). In addition, a Scav gains a +2 bonus to Hide
and Move Silently checks when moving through
desert, trash, or ruined terrain.
SCHOLAR
As the rest of her companions rummaged through
the ruins of the hollow building, kicking up dust and
disturbing the fine lacework of cobwebs that overlaid
everything, the figure in the rear simply trailed behind
them. By now she had gotten used to their heavyhandedness and their lack of concern for the inherent
dangers of such a place. And besides, her attention
was riveted on something else.
One of her companions, having ransacked a pile
of debris in his search for a key, any key, to open the
security vault doors that had closed behind them, had
shattered an old bottle and trampled over a stack of
books and manuals.
The scholar knelt down, the sound of her fellow
adventurers disappointment utterly lost to her ears.
She lifted the dust-caked bottle, now in pieces, wiped it
with her thumb, and read the label.
Jack Daniels, she mumbled, almost as if her heart
were broken.
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Picking up one of the manualsnow trampled to

shredsshe read the title out loud for all to hear.
Security Codes for Level 3
Scholars are men and women who continue to keep
the flame of knowledge alive in this post-apocalyptic
age. Where civilization has fallen, Scholars try to pick
up the pieces, often forming small but determined
bands of intellectuals dedicated to the preservation and
continuation of science and understanding.
The resources available in the aftermath of the
nuclear war make this undertaking a phenomenal
challenge, to say the least. These preservers often
have to contend with the zealous (even monstrous)
aspirations of various cults and societies, sometimes
with terrifying consequences. Examples range from
cryptic brotherhoods that blame the Ancients for
the Fall and are bent on destroying all remaining
reminders of the past, to crazed cultists who worship
every aspect of the past and consider any remaining
science and knowledge theirs alone. Whether fighting
against nihilists who seek the destruction of all they
hold dear or worshippers who seek to steal their
knowledge and twist it to justify their anarchist rule,
Scholars of the post-apocalyptic world are a rare and
intrepid breed.
As if this ever-present danger wasnt enough, many
groups, even the most benevolent, seek to enslave
Scholars and intellectuals to help them work towards
their particular goals. Though often their new masters
claim it is for their own safety, many communities

see intellectuals as little more than tools for keeping
their wars running, not unlike the vital cogs or
flywheels of a great machine. As such, these men and
women become commodities, protected like the
most important strategic resources and forced into a
life of servitude. Freedom, for them, becomes a distant
dream, a fairy tale fit only to tell their children about.
Each Scholar is an individual with a different
story. She could be a student of the past seeking to
learn of the glory of the Ancients and enlighten the
cruel world of today, or a scientist with a fragmented
understanding of some advanced technical process
forced into performing a repetitive task for her
technologically ignorant masters. She could be a
seeker of truths thought lost to time, questing for
hidden caches to recover or restore, or she could be
a preserver of lost technology, valiantly defying the
predations of hateful gangs who would just as soon
see that knowledge lost, along with any mention of the
world before the Fall.
Whatever her personal cause, the Scholar strives
against the inevitable disintegration of civilization
to keep the seed of knowledge alive, if only for her
lifetime.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Scholar, a character must fulfill
Skills: Knowledge (any) 6 ranks, and Research 6
ranks.
Feats: None
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Scholar
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d6
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Scholar class skills are: Computer
Use (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Disable Device (Int),
Drive (Dex), Knowledge (any) (Int), Navigate (Int),
Profession (Wis), Read/Write Language (none), Repair
(Int), Research (Int), Search (Int), Speak Language
(none), and Spot (Wis).
Class Features
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The following features pertain to the Scholar advanced

class.
Bonus Feats: A Scholar receives a bonus feat
the prerequisites to select it: Alertness, Attentive,
Creative, Defensive Martial Arts, Dodge, Educated,
Gearhead, Mobility, Studious, Radiation Sense, Super
Charismatic, and Vulture
TABLE 1-10: THE SCHOLAR

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Ancient Secret
Gossip
Bonus Feat
Ancient Secret
Confusing Tirade
Bonus Feat
Ancient Secret
Protected By Code
Bonus Feat
Ancient Secret
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
Ancient Secret: In her studies, a Scholar will

stumble upon all manner of Ancients knowledge
and secrets. At 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th level, the Scholar
chooses one secret from below. A secret may be
chosen more then once.
Ancient Knowledge: The Scholar has uncovered
lost knowledge of the Ancients. She gains 4 ranks in
any Knowledge skill. The Scholar cannot raise skills
beyond the maximum ranks possible for her current
character level.
Ancient Craft: The Scholar has uncovered lost
knowledge of Ancient craft. She gains 4 ranks in any
Craft skill. The Scholar cannot raise skills beyond
the maximum ranks possible for her current character
level.
Ancient Technology: The Scholar has uncovered
lost knowledge of the advanced technology of the
Ancients. She may choose one of the following
Technology Feats: Advanced Technology, Advanced
Armor Discipline, Advanced Electronics Discipline,
Advanced Medical Technology Discipline, Advanced
Pharmaceutical Discipline, Advanced Weapons
Discipline, Aircraft Discipline, Modern Firearms
Discipline, Modern Vehicles Discipline. She must
meet the prerequisites for any selected feat.
Ancient Vehicles: The Scholar has uncovered
knowledge of the vehicles used by the Ancients.
She may choose to add 4 ranks to Pilot or Drive, or
she may choose one of the following feats: Aircraft
Operation, Power Armor Operation, Surface Vehicle
Operation, Vehicle Expert.
Gossip: Scholars tend to hear a great deal of gossip
and can often tell a thing or two about people they
meet just from the rumors they have heard. A Scholar
may make a Gather Information check upon meeting
or hearing of any individual, place, or item. The
GM makes this check secretly and gives the Scholar
information based on the results.
As gossip is not always a reliable source of
information, the information provided by this ability
is not always accurate. The base chance of the Scholar
coming up with a truthful rumor is 50% + 1% per

point of Charisma. Again, the GM makes this role
secretly, so the Scholar cannot separate truth from
rumor without further research. If the skill check itself
fails, the Scholar either knows a false rumor or no
rumor at all.
DC
Type of Rumor
10
Common, well known to the general

populace. Example: Targets reputation as a
formidable warrior.
25
Known only by a select few. Example:

Target made his fortune in the water
industry nearly overnight.
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Hidden, known only to an elite few.

Example: Target has been connected with
several raider gangs, though no official
accusations have been brought against him.
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Well kept secret; potential blackmail fodder.

Example: Target is involved in darker
dealings still, and his network of raider
gangs is only the tip of the iceberg.
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Incredibly well kept secret; only the subject

and one or two others are aware. Example:
Target is said to be a member of a religious
cult bent upon killing all humans.
55
A secret kept so well that perhaps even the

subject himself is unaware. Example: Target
is actually an android, but he is unaware of
it.
Confusing Tirade: This is an extraordinary ability

that allows the Scholar to display her advanced
learning or knowledge to potential adversaries (and
perhaps even lord it over them). By entering into a
tirade of vibrant Shakespearean prose or babbling
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threats in eloquent terminology (i.e. million-dollar

words), the Scholar is able to shake up would-be
attackers. This results in a 2 morale penalty to saving
throws and attack rolls for all enemies within earshot
of the Scholar when the ability is in use. Alternatively,
the Scholar can use this to provide a +4 competence
bonus to all Diplomacy and Bluff checks. Using this
ability is a move action.
Protected By The Code: The Scholar is clearly
distinguishable from others in her company by her
attitude, bearing, and speech, even in combat. Enemies
will not attack the Scholar unless they absolutely must
and hope instead to remove all her allies and force her
to surrender. In effect, enemies will always target a
Scholar last in combat, unless, of course, the Scholar
is obviously the greatest threat to their chances of
success (wielding a flamethrower, for instance, and
scorching all comers, while her bodyguards wield
spears). Enemies will also refrain from using areaeffect weapons that might otherwise kill the Scholar
due to radius. If an enemy has a non-lethal weapon,
however, they may attack the Scholar at any time
during a combat, even over other choices.
SKULK
Someone once said, that which does not kill us
makes us stronger. The man kept repeating that to
himself as he moved in and out of the marketplace
crowds, weaved through the back streets, and slunk
towards an alley entrance with a handful of stolen

goods. Those words had always been a consolation
to him, a reminder of the great destiny he had always
envisioned for himself. As a boy, he had been just
another urchin, a beggar and pickpocket who had seen
countless others like himself die of starvation or thirst,
left to waste away like unwanted garbage, while the
merchants had gotten fatter on their riches. He had
thought of those words the first time hed dared raise a
hand to steal from the pocket of one of his communitys
powerful tradersand had reminded himself of them
again and again, each time hed stolen, gotten caught,
and been beaten as punishment.
Now he was a grown man with scar-covered skin
that mapped out his grueling lifes journey. His face
was no longer that of a pitiful child but a cruel mask
reflecting lessons learned the hard way. He no longer
stole just for food or water. He stole for real profit.
He no longer thought that each time he stole it would
be the last. He knew now that the destiny in store
for him was to feed off others, almost like a leech.
He wasnt strong or desperate enough to join the
savage raider gangs of the open wastes, so he learned
instead a much more antiseptic way of taking from
the wealthy and keeping himself alive. Steal, sneak
awayand remain unseen.
Thievery is prevalent among the enclaves of the postapocalyptic world, especially in areas where the poor
outnumber those in relative comfort. Whether born
from the masses of vagrant wanderers or cast out from
their own villages and communities, many who fall on
hard times become Skulks, stealing to survive. While
in most villages, towns, and communities, Skulks are
beaten or branded; they are just as often executed on
sight in this world of dwindling resources.
The Skulk specializes in operating unseen, creeping
silently past guards into the stockrooms of merchant
houses and hiding among the shadows to avoid
pursuers. Though most Thieves would obviously
prefer to avoid contact with others at all costs,
sometimes they must engage an enemy to facilitate
escape. In such circumstances, the Skulk relies upon
surprise and the ability to catch enemies unaware.
With such skills, the Skulk can often make a decisive
strike before the battle even begins.
Requirements
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To qualify to become a Skulk, a character must fulfill

Skills: Hide 6 ranks, Move Silently 6 ranks,
Sleight of Hand 6 ranks.
Feats: None.
TABLE 1-11: THE SKULK

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+2
+3
+3
+4
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
Sweep
Sneak Attack +1d6
Bonus Feat
Skill Mastery
Sneak Attack +2d6
Bonus Feat
Improved Sweep
Sneak Attack +3d6
Bonus Feat
Without a Trace
+1
+2
+2
+3
+4
+4
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Skulk
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d8.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Skulk class skills are: Balance
(Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Disguise (Cha),
Disable Device (Int), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather
Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Jump (Str),
Knowledge (business, current events, streetwise)
(Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Read/Write
Language (none), Search (Int), Sleight of Hand (Dex),
Speak Language, and Tumble (Dex).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Skulk advanced
class.
Bonus Feats: A Skulk receives a bonus feat at
prerequisites to select it: Acrobatic, Alertness, Armor
Proficiency (light), Athletic, Attentive, Cautious,
Defensive Martial Arts, Dodge, Elusive Target,
Meticulous, Mobility, Nimble, Run, Spring Attack,
Stealthy, Track, Unbalance Opponent.
Sneak Attack: The Skulk is a stealthy, sneaky
predator, often ambushing lone wanderers and
straggling merchants. As such, he receives a damage
bonus (+1d6 at 2nd level, +2d6 at 5th level, and +3d6 at
8th level) when his target is denied his Dexterity bonus
or flanked. A Skulk may sneak attack with a melee
weapon or ranged weapon, as long as the enemy is
within 30 feet.
Sweep: A Skulk knows how to size up an area and
get the lay of the land with a single sweep of his eyes.
This sweep provides a +4 circumstance bonus to Spot
checks and covers an area out to 30 feet away from
the Skulk (but not behind him). The Skulk can use
this bonus at the start of an encounter. Anything not
concealed can be spotted in a sweep with a successful

Spot check (DC 10). The DC for concealed or less
obvious threats is equal to their Hide check result.
Skill Mastery: The Skulk may select a number of
skills equal to 3 + his Intelligence modifier from his
class skills list. When making a check using one of
these skills, the Skulk may take 10 even if stress and
distractions would normally prevent him or her from
doing so.
Improved Sweep: The Skulks ability to get the
lay of the land improves. Now the Skulk can not only
spot potential perils with a successful check, but also
determine their relative strength. A successful check
tells the Skulk the strength of the threat as compared
with himself: stronger (higher level or Hit Dice), on
par (same level or HD), or weaker (lower level or
HD).
Without a Trace: When a Skulk uses any of the
following skills: Balance, Climb, Disable Device,
Escape Artist, Hide, Move Silently, or Sleight of Hand,
anyone using Investigate, Listen, Search, or Spot to
detect the Skulks activity takes a 4 penalty.
SISTER OF THE DESERT

The conclave of men laughed at their newfound
possession: a young woman, slightly pretty, but whose
features were hardened by sun and sand and a life of
misery in the wastelands seediest villages. These men
would treat her no better, and even now they engaged
in heavy drinking and fighting to see whod win her for
the night.
One of the merchants, however, peering through the
murky glass of his mug, saw something that caught
his interest. Suddenly his eyes widened in awful
realization.
To everyones surprise, he strode forward through
the crowd and cut her chain, fluttering his hands
wildly at the woman to get her running.
Astonished and outraged, the others moved to
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protest, but he held them back, giving her time to

vanish over the nearby dunes.
Fools! he shouted. Did you not see the markings
on her wrists when you took her?! She is one of the
Sisters! Hurry, take up arms, everyone! Her comrades
are certain to be nearby, encircling us as we speak
and they will bring down their wrath upon us all!
Women in this awful, radiated world are a rarity
in these times. The high levels of radiation in the
planets ecosystem have, over time, diminished
mankinds ability to reproduce, and for some unknown
reason, the frequency of female births in this age is
plummeting. As such, the marauders and warlords of
the Earth have long valued women.
The so-called Sisters of the Desert were, at one
time, the priceless slaves of raider kings, debauched
community leaders, or gang bosses of the various
ruined cities of this savage land. These women,
most often beauties handpicked from the masses and
cultured like pearls, became things for men to attain
and earn in the service of their masters.
But the status quo is not an easy thing to maintain,
especially in these times, and though many slaves
are cowed into submission, many more choose to
risk death rather than serve as maids, servants, and
concubines. Communities are attacked and destroyed
on a regular basis in this world, and when they are,
their leaders harems sometimes get the opportunity to
disperse before the victor can come to claim the spoils.
Women are not stupidthey have seen their sisters
raped to death in the power struggles that follow
attackand a few manage to escape with their lives.
Unaccustomed to a life of hardship and survival, and
without their former masters to care for them, many
die only months after escape. Others are fortunate
enough to meet up with the Sisters of the Desert.
Given food, water, shelter, andmost importantly
hope, they find that the Sisterhood is the strongest
movement on the Twisted Earth.
The Sisterhood is comprised solely of women
(though in some rare instances, men formerly used

in a similar fashion for obscene entertainment do
become members) who have survived a nightmare
life of capture, use, and perpetual abuse. They
are universally escapees, runaways, and renegade
property, who seek only isolation and independence.
They have come to form a small but determined
coalition of scattered tribes that are bent on only one
thing: exacting vengeance upon the raiders, bandits,
slavers, and other tyrannical groups of the wasteland.
It is their dream to take back the world as reparation
for their squalid existence and set up a new society
separate from the barbarism of the post-holocaust
wasteland.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Sister of the Desert, a character
must fulfill the following criteria.
Skills: Survival 6 ranks, Treat Injury 3 ranks.
Feat: Concubine.
Special: Female.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Sister of the
Desert advanced class.
Hit Die: 1d8.
rounded down, every time she attains a new level in
this class.
Class Skills: The Sister of the Deserts class skills
are: Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Diplomacy (Cha),
Escape Artist (Dex), Handle Animal (Cha), Hide
(Dex), Move Silently (Dex), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive
(Wis), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), Treat Injury (Wis),
and Tumble (Dex).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Sister of the
Desert advanced class.
TABLE 1-12: THE SISTER OF THE DESERT

Level
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Persuade
Natural Healing
Bonus Feat
Go For The Eyes
Fascinate
Bonus Feat
Inspire Rebellion
Male Fear
Bonus Feat
Leave No One Behind
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Bonus Feats: The Sister of the Desert gets a
bonus feat at 3rd, 6th, and 9th level. The feat must be
selected from the following list, and the character
must meet the prerequisites to select it: Archaic
Weapons Proficiency, Armor Proficiency (light),
Alertness, Animal Affinity, Combat Expertise, Combat
Reflexes, Combat Throw, Confident, Deceptive,
Defensive Martial Arts, Dodge, Elusive Target, Exotic
Melee Weapon Proficiency, Heroic Surge, Improved
Combat Throw, Iron Will, Mobility, Spring Attack,
Trustworthy, Unbalance Opponent.
Natural Healing: Sisters are expert at using herbs
and natural methods to treat their injured comrades.
Once per day, a Sister may cure 1d8 + 1 points per
character level of damage. This is in addition to
any other healing the injured character takes due to
treatment and rest. Using this ability requires 1 hour of
undisturbed care.
Go For The Eyes: A Sister knows how best to
injure her male predator. By using 1 action point, a
Sister can turn a successful attack into an automatic
critical to any male opponent. This only applies to
melee attacks.
Leave No One Behind: Sisters never leave a
comrade behind to be captured or suffer a horrible fate.
The Sister and all allies within 30 feet are immune the
massive damage checks and continue to fight when
below 0 hit point until they reach 10, whereupon they
die. In addition, they are immune to all forms of fear
as long as the Sister remains within 30 feet. If the
Sister is killed, the effect stops.
Persuade: A Sister learns to use her uniqueness
to convince a single target to regard her as a trusted
friend. If the target is currently being threatened
or attacked by the Sister or her allies, this ability
wont work.
The target makes a Will saving throw to
avoid being persuaded by the Sisters words and
actions. The DC is 10 + Sisters class level + Sisters
Charisma modifier.
This ability doesnt enable the Sister to control the
target, but the target perceives the Sisters words and
actions in the most favorable way. The Sister can try
to give the target orders, but he or she must win an
opposed Charisma check to convince the target to
perform any actions he wouldnt normally undertake.
The target never obeys suicidal or obviously harmful
orders, and any act by the Sister or her allies that
threatens the target breaks the mood and clears the
targets head. Otherwise, a target remains won over for
1 minute per Sister level.
After the duration expires, the GM determines the
reaction and attitude of the target based on what the
Sister compelled the target to do.
This is same as the Personalitys Winning Smile
ability in the d20 Modern core rulebook.
Fascinate: A Sister, being of the rare female gender,
fascinates those who first see her. On the first round of
any meeting, the sister can attempt to fascinate a single
target. The target must be a sentient human or mutant

(character races only) and must fail a Will save (The
DC is 10 + Sisters class level + Sisters Charisma
modifier) for the attempt to succeed.
A fascinated target does nothing but watch the sister,
standing still and not acting in any wayeven in the
middle of battle. A fascinated target can be struck as
if stunned (with a +2 bonus to the attack roll), but
thereafter it recovers and may act normally. In any
event, the fascinate ability only works for a number of
rounds equal to the Sisters class level + the Sisters
Charisma modifier. Using this ability is a free action.
Male Fear: The Sister gains the ability to inspire
fear and awe in male opponents. All male opponents
with fewer HD or levels than the Sister must make
a Will save (DC 10 + 12 Sisters character level +
Sisters Charisma modifier) or become frightened.
Those who save are still shaken. Those males with
more HD or levels than the Sisters must also make
a save, but are only shaken on a failed save and
unaffected with a successful save. The range of the
effect is 30 feet, and it lasts for a number of rounds
equal to 2d6 + the Sisters Charisma modifier.
Those who have been in the Sisters fearsome
presence, whether or not they made a successful save,
cannot be affected by another use of this ability for a
full day.
Inspire Rebellion: The Sister can
inspire a thirst for freedom in those
who are enslaved. Using 1 action
point, the Sister can convince slaves
near her (they must be able to see
her) to rise up against their masters
with total disregard for their
own safety. The maximum
total HD of slaves a sister
can inspire is equal to
3 times her character
level. However,
GMs should
consider the
circumstances
and the
chance that
the rebellion
could inspire
a more
massive
revolt.
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The Survivalist is a sort of wilderness scout who lives

mostly in the wastelands. A self-sufficient hunter, he
is most comfortable when caring for himself among
the dunes or crags, where the food and water is just
plentiful enough to feed himand no one else. With
his intimate knowledge of the wilderness, however,
merchants who wish to convey their goods across the
desolate landscape often seek him out as a guide or
tracker. His greatest strength, however, comes from
his mastery of a given weapon, for in the wide-open
spaces of the wasteland, the ability to kill a marauding
beast from afar is the most valuable asset he could
possess.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Survivalist, a character must
Skills: Survival 6 ranks, Navigate 6 ranks.
Feats: Track.
Class Information
SURVIVALIST
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The marketplace was bustling as the two men

concluded their business. Though he detested
relinquishing the handful of warm corium nuggets into
the outstretched hand of the stranger, the merchant
knew it was money well spent. Looking up from the
thick, calloused palm, he took in the face of the man
who stood before him and nodded in final agreement.
They had made a deal.
The survivalist, wearing slit goggles to protect him
from the sun and sand, seemed perfectly suited for
the job of leading the merchants caravan across the
desert. He wore little that would encumber him, as if
his mind and body were the only supplies essential to
survival deep in the wilderness. The nakedness of his
body, his deep tan, and his muscular form all showed
clearly that, though they now stood in a bustling
market, he was a true native of the wilds.
The merchant looked alarmed. Arent you bringing
any survival gear?
The survivalist just stared back through those eerie
slits, his grim face conveying no emotion. He counted
out the coins before turning and picking up a longbarreled rifle and slinging it over one shoulder.
This is all I need
The following information pertains to the Survivalist

advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d10.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Survivalist class skills are: Handle
Animal (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (earth and life
sciences, mutant lore) (Int), Listen (Wis), Navigate
(Int), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), Spot (Wis),
Survival (Wis), and Treat Injury (Wis).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Survivalist
advanced class.
Bonus Feats: A Survivalist receives a bonus feat
Proficiency, Archaic Weapons Proficiency, Bulls Eye,
Dead Aim, Double Tap, Exotic Firearms Proficiency,
Far Shot, Guide, Personal Firearms Proficiency,
Precise Shot, Point Blank Shot, Radiation Sense,
Reactive Shooter, Shot on the Run, Skip Shot, Rip a
Clip, Run, Quick Draw, Stealthy.
Called Shot: The Survivalist gains the extraordinary
ability to strike precisely with any ranged weapon,
adding +1d6 damage to his normal damage roll. When
making a called shot, the Survivalist must spend a
move-equivalent action aiming before the actual
shot is taken. A called shot only works against living
creatures with discernable anatomies. At 5th and 10th
level, the Survivalists extra damage increases by
+1d6.
Way of the Land: This ability is gained at 2nd and
th
8 level and can also be taken instead of a bonus
TABLE 1-13: THE SURVIVALIST

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
Called Shot +1d6

Way of the Land
Bonus Feat
Hunter
Called Shot +2d6
Bonus Feat
Superior Camouflage
Way of the Land
Bonus Feat
Called Shot +3d6
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+0
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
feat. The Survivalist chooses either an overall +2 to

Survival and Navigation checks or +8 to Survival
and Navigate in a specific geographical region. The
+2 bonus can be taken multiple times and stacks with
itself or with the +8 regional bonus. The +8 regional
bonus applies to a different region each time it is
taken.
Examples of specific regions in Darwins World
include the Big Rocks, Deadlands, Great Rift Valley,
or other area described in the Darwins World
gazetteer.
Hunter: The Survivalist is a skilled hunter, whether
hunting animals or humanoids. The Survivalist can
take 10 when hiding and moving silently, even if stress
and distractions would normally prevent him from
doing so.
Superior Camouflage: The Survivalist is an
expert at hiding in natural terrain. Using camouflage
techniques, the Survivalist can maximize the
concealment benefits of his terrain, even if none exists.
This increases the concealment bonus on Hide checks
by 1. For example, a Survivalist hiding in an area that
provides half concealment (no bonus) would gain
three-quarters (+5). Normally, half concealment is
required to hide, but a Survivalist can attempt to hide
in any natural terrain.
SYMBIOTE
The two hunters, painted up like savages with war
paint and terrible piercings, advanced towards the
campfire. Like moths to a flame they came, moving
with all the stealth of clumsy children towards their
quarry, whom they had followed for more than a day.
They could vaguely see her nowa lone feral female,
they hopedthe back of her head, with its long silvery
hair, resting against the log she used as a pillow.
Unable to control themselves any longer, the men
made their move, leaping over the rocks to ambush
her, their faces grinning with malevolent intent.
Suddenly, however, they stopped, realizing with alarm

that they were not leaping upon a witless victim but a
dummy laid to lure them, and instead of a solitary foe,
they faced a gathering of mutant ghouls who had also
been curiously drawn to the bonfire...
Almost a quarter of a mile away, the young woman
watched with satisfaction as her delicate hand moved
to pet the calm white mare standing at her side. Their
ruse had worked, and now those vile predators would
get what they deserved at the hands of creatures far
less forgiving than she.
Well, sister, she said quietly into her horses ear,
you were right. Ill never doubt your nose again.
The woman had lived seventeen long years alone
among the desert sands, and thanks to her brave
friends sense of smell, and gods willing, she would
live to see seventeen more.
In the wasteland, surviving on ones own is almost
impossible. Rampant environmental dangers,
mutant creatures thriving among the ruins, and the
odd marauding raider gang make life a treacherous
prospect indeed. There are those, however, who adapt
to the dangers surrounding them by making friends.
But in many cases, your friend will only turn out to
be a thief and traitor, robbing you blind when you put
your guard down or killing you while you sleep.
The Symbiote is a rare breed of Scav, loner, or
vagabond who has come up with another solutionto
make friends with someone who wont cheat her.
The Symbiote is a character that has an unusual bond
with an animala dog, wolf, wildcat, horse, or other
creaturethat has become her companion, compatriot,
and friend. Together they share the burden of finding
food, water, and shelter, watching each others backs
and keeping each other safe on long, cold desert
nights.
Due to their unusual bond, Symbiotes often become
withdrawn from others of their kind, preferring the
company of their companion to other sentient beings.
As such, they soon earn reputations as hermits, wild
men, and ferals.
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TABLE 1-14: THE SYMBIOTE

Level
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
+0
+1
+2
+3
+3
+4
+5
+6
+6
+7
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Requirements
To qualify to become a Symbiote character must fulfill
Skills: Handle Animal 6 ranks, and Survival 6 ranks.
Feats: Animal Affinity.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Symbiote
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d8.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Symbiote class skills are: Handle
Animal (Cha), Knowledge (earth and life sciences,
mutant lore) (Int), Listen (Wis), Navigate (Wis), Ride
(Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), Spot (Wis), Survival
(Wis), and Treat Injury (Wis).
Class Features
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The following features pertain to the Symbiote

advanced class.
Bonus Feats: The Symbiote receives a bonus feat
at 3rd, 6th, and 9th level. The feat must be selected from
prerequisites to select it: Alertness, Animal Affinity,
Archaic Weapons Proficiency, Athletic, Brawl, Combat
Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Defensive Martial Arts,
Dodge, Guide, Improved Initiative, Mobility, Run,
Radiation Sense, Personal Firearms Proficiency Power
Attack.
Animal Partner: At 1st level, the Symbiote
attracts an animal partner. The animal serves in a
capacity not unlike a familiar, but due to its inherent
intelligence (see below) it is more like a partner and
friend. Typically, dogs, coyotes, wolves, horses, and
even wild cats can be taken as symbiotic partners.
Mutated animals (such as the ravening hound or
even snoffle hog) may be taken only with the GMs
consent.
Special
Animal Partner
Opportunist
Bonus Feat
Bond Of Friendship
Bonus Feat
Ranged Opportunist
Bonus Feat
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+0
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
If a Symbiotes animal companion is ever killed,

she may attract a new animal of a similar kind in one
year. The new creature only gains 1st level benefits (see
below) for the first month. After this time, it gains 2nd
level benefits as the Symbiote becomes more attuned
to this new companion. Each additional increase in
benefits takes a full month.
Opportunist: Once per round, the Symbiote
can make an attack of opportunity against a melee
opponent that has just taken melee damage from her
animal partner. This attack counts as the Symbiotes
attack of opportunity for that round.
Bond Of Friendship: The Symbiote gains the
ability to detect the direction and distance of his
animal partner if the two are ever separated. This
ability requires a Navigate check (DC 15) and counts
as a standard action.
Ranged Opportunist: Once per round, the
Symbiote can make a ranged attack of opportunity
against any opponent who has just taken melee
damage from her animal partner. This attack counts as
the Symbiotes attack of opportunity for that round.
SYMBIOTIC PARTNER
Because of its close relationship with the Symbiote,
the animal partner gains special abilities based on the
Symbiotes class level.
Class Level: As the Symbiotes level increases, her
companions level increases along with it. As the level
increases, the animal gains new abilities.
Bonus HD: As the animal partners level increases,
it gains extra d8 Hit Dice, each of which provides a
Constitution modifier, as normal. Extra Hit Dice also
improve the partners base attack bonus and saving
throws, as normal.
Defense Bonus: This is a bonus to the partners
defense rating.
Strength Adjustment: Add this figure to the
partners Strength score.
Int: With advancement, the partners Intelligence
score increases.
TABLE 1-15: THE SYMBIOTE PARTNER

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Hit Dice
+2d8
+3d8
+3d8
+4d8
+4d8
+5d8
+5d8
+6d8
+6d8
+7d8
Strength
0
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
Intelligence
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Bond of Friendship: This ability acts exactly as

the Symbiotes ability of the same name, but the
partner receives it at an earlier level. The animal often
unexpectedly finds his master in times of trouble and
comes to the rescue.
Evasion: If the animal partner is subjected to an
attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for
half damage, a successful saving throw reduces the
damage to 0.
Share Saving Throws: The animal partner uses its
own base saves or the Symbiotes, whichever is higher.
Track: The partner receives the Track feat for free.
Mans Best Friend: The partners bonuses become
+4 on all attacks, checks, and saves if it witnesses the
Symbiote being threatened or harmed. This bonus lasts
as long as the threat is immediate and apparent. This
bonus is increased to +4 at 8th level.
Defense Bonus
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
Special
Bond of Friendship
Evasion
Share Saving Throws
Track
Mans Best Friend +2
Familiarity
Never Quits
Mans Best Friend +4
Improved Evasion
Speak with Symbiote
Familiarity: The Symbiote and the partner share a

great familiarity with one another. The Symbiote can
use her Sense Motive skill to understand her partners
thoughts as a free action. The DC for this use of
the Sense Motive skill is 15. Note that only limited
understanding (emotions, drives, current state of mind,
etc.) can be communicated with Familiarity.
Never Quits: The partner never gives up when
either it or the Symbiote is threatened. As long as
the threat is immediate and apparent, the partner
will continue to act until its hit points reach 10,
whereupon it dies.
Speak with Symbiote: The Symbiote and her
partner communicate as if speaking a common
language. Although each makes distinctly different
sounds from the other, each understands the other
fully. Others cannot understand this communication.
Improved Evasion: If the partner is subjected to
an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw
for half damage, a successful saving throw reduces
the damage to 0, and it takes half damage even if the
saving throw fails.
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in fact have one last toy in his arsenala heavy

machine gun, restored by his tireless efforts to pristine
condition
The Tinker is a breed of creative individuals who
help keep the ember of technology alive through
their intelligence and cunning. Though not true
scientists, or even mechanics, Tinkers possess an
aptitude for tweaking and repairing almost any kind
of technological item. Fascinated with the intricate
workings of mechanical and electronic devices, they
often find a way to make things work despite decades
(or even centuries) of neglect. That same aptitude
also allows the Tinker to squeeze out that little extra
performance to make an item (whether a gun or other
gizmo) operate beyond its normal limits, often to the
surprise of his adversaries.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Tinker, a character must fulfill
Skills: Disable Device 6 ranks, Knowledge
(technology) 6 ranks, and Repair 6 ranks.
Feats: None.
Class Information
TINKER
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They would be on him any moment now. The tinker, up

in the tower overlooking the abandoned compound,
tried to focus on what he was doing, despite the
sounds of the motorcycle gang growing louder and
louder outside. A screw held tightly in his lips and
a magnifying lens over one eye, the tinker worked
feverishly to put the finishing touches on the secret
weapon laid out before him on the dust-covered table.
A crash sounded outside, followed immediately by
a boom. The raiders who had followed him here had
triggered the first of the traps hed laid for them. The
tinkers face changed from worry to an almost skeletal
grimace of delight. He took the screw from his dry lips,
put it in its place, and looked over his creation with
glimmering eyes.
A voice bellowed from below. Come down, little
worm! You have no more toys!
The tinker walked over to the window, put the
weapon down on a makeshift tripod, and threw the
shutters open. His long, heavy trench coat flared as
the desert wind blasted the catwalk ringing the tower.
Looking down into the yard he saw a scattered group
of raiders, stumbling about the smoky debris of their
leaders command car.
The tinker smiled and yelled. If you want me, come
and get me!
The raiders looked up and realized the tinker did
The following information pertains to the Tinker

advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d6.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Tinker class skills are: Computer
Use (Int), Craft (electronic, mechanical, structural)
(Int), Decipher Script (Int), Demolitions (Int), Disable
Device (Int), Drive (Dex), Knowledge (physical
sciences, technology, ancient lore) (Int), Navigate
(Int), Profession (Wis), Read/Write Language (none),
Repair (Int), Research (Int), Speak Language (none),
and Spot (Wis).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Tinker advanced
class.
Bonus Feats: A Tinker receives a bonus feat at
prerequisites to select it: Builder, Cautious, Combat
Expertise, Educated, Gearhead, Intuitive Mechanic,
Modern Firearms Discipline, Modern Vehicles
Discipline, Personal Firearms Proficiency, Point Blank
Shot, and Studious.
Jury-Rig: A Tinker gains a +2 competence bonus
on Repair skill checks made to attempt temporary or
jury-rigged repairs. See the Repair skill for details on
jury-rigging. At later levels, this competence bonus
increases.
TABLE 1-16: THE TINKER

Level
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
Jury-Rig +2
Tinkering
Bonus Feat
Tech Weapon
Tinkercraft
Bonus Feat
Jury Rig +4
Smart Weapon
Bonus Feat
Improved Tinkering
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Tinkering: The Tinker has the ability to temporarily

modify mechanical and electronic items to get
maximum performance out of them. Tinkering is
not an exact science and often damages the item as a
result.
By spending 1 action point and making a Repair
check, the Tinker can temporarily improve a machines
performanceat the risk of causing the machine
to need repairs later. The DC for the Repair check
depends on the type of improvement being made, as
shown on the table below.
Improvement
Ranged Weapons
+1 to damage
+2 to damage
+3 to damage
+5 ft. to range increment
+10 ft. to range increment
Electronic Devices
+1 equipment bonus
+2 equipment bonus
+3 equipment bonus
Vehicles
+1 on initiative checks
+1 to maneuver
+2 to maneuver
Tinker
DC
Repair
Chance
(d%)
15
20
25
15
25
0125
0150
0175
0125
0150
15
20
25
0125
0150
0175
20
25
30
0125
0150
0175
The Tinkering takes 1 hour. The Tinker cant take

10 or take 20 on this check. If the check succeeds,
the effect of the improvement lasts for a number
of minutes equal to his or her Tinker class level,
beginning when the object is first put into use. The
Tinker selects the single improvement he or she wants
to make prior to making the check. After the duration
of the effect ends, the machine reverts to its previous

state and a repair chance percentile roll is made.
The result of this roll indicates whether the machine
requires repairs before it can be used again.
Tinkercraft: At 5th level, the Tinker becomes
adept at improving objects permanently. Using his
tinkering skills, the Tinker can make an existing object
mastercraft quality (+1).
The time it takes to Tinkercraft an object is the same
as it would to be craft it initially. For example, making
a firearm would take 24 hours. The cost to Tinkercraft
an object is equal to the value of the original object.
In addition to the monetary cost, the Tinker must
also pay a cost in experience points equal to 25 times
his or her Tinker level. The XP must be paid before
making the Tinkercraft check. If the expenditure of
these XP would drop the Tinker to below the minimum
needed for his current level, then the Tinker cannot
use Tinkercraft for this particular item until gaining
additional experience.
The Tinkers Tinkercraft skill is the same as his
Repair skill. If the Tinkers Craft (mechanics) or
Craft (electronics) skill is higher than his Repair skill,
he may use that instead, but only on the appropriate
objects. The Tinkercraft DC is equal to the Craft DC
for a normal object of the same type +3.
When successfully completed, a mastercraft
object provides a +1 bonus to its quality compared
to an ordinary object of the same type. All weapons,
armor, and certain other types of equipment, such as
computers and electronic devices, can be improved.
Tech Weapon: Given time, the Tinker can learn to
use any modern or high tech weapon. Learning to use
a new weapon takes 4 hours of uninterrupted study and
a successful Knowledge (technology) roll (DC 15 for
modern weapons and DC 20 for futuristic weapons).
The Tinker may retry until he succeeds his Knowledge
(technology) check, but each attempt takes 4 hours of
study. Once he has learned how to properly operate
the weapon, he no longer suffers non-proficiency
penalties.
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Smart Weapon: The Tinker selects one weapon in

which he is proficient and which he can use with one
hand. With the selected weapon, the Tinker can use
his or her Intelligence modifier instead of Strength or
Dexterity modifier on attack rolls. The Tinker may
select any weapon, even an advanced one.
Improved Tinkering: The Tinker has improved
his ability to tinker items. His modifications now last
1 hour per Tinker level. However, the chance for the
item needing repairs afterwards increases by 10%.
TRADER
In the blinding light of the noon sun, crowds gather to
shout and jeer. The stirred desert sand settles a bit as
those gathered cease their stomping about and take a
moment to watch as the next lot of goods is brought in.
A few women, dressed in tattered rags and bound by
old, clunky chains, demure at the sight of the grubby,
filthy, and excited onlookers. As the crowd pushes
forward, a figure off to the side grins and motions
with a finger for his guards to hold back the masses.
Turning to address his captive audience, the trader
starts the bidding...
Many communities in the deserts, plains, and urban
ruins are not based on race, color, mutation strain, or
any other attribute, but instead rely on the diversity
of strangers for survival. These are mercantile
communities, centers of ruthless capitalism where
all things can be hadfor a price. These places

are usually dark pits of corruption, run by ruthless
overlords, policed by a ruthless security force, and
home to all manner of vices and crimes. Slave pits are
a common feature of trade settlements. It is a wellknown fact that many loners in the desert are captured
and thrown into the gladiatorial pits for the amusement
of passing merchants and the citys groveling poor.
Such places, though promising in their offering of
all manner of goods for sale, are often a danger in
themselves.
Despite the barbaric nature of the uncivilized
wasteland the world has become, some commerce
does exist among the more prosperous communities.
Those who dare ply the deserts, plains, and mountains
stand to make an incredible profit, taking fresh water,
preserved foods, and scavenged goods to those
communities that need it, returning with luxury items
for those who can afford it. What would seem to be
an easy life is notthe merchant must deal with the
natural hazards of the land (heat, radiation, poisoned
water, etc), as well as brigands, raiders, and hostile
mutants of all kinds. Carrying valuable goods, the
merchant is the ideal target.
Some merchants form trade cartels or join groups
already in place, some of which have become major
organizations. In such organized trade, members
generally come up with and adhere to a code. It is
this code that makes commerce in this rugged world
possible; without trust, trade cannot exist. In a world
of raiders, double-crossing locals, and predatory
Scavs, this code is all that separates the Trader from
the scummy roadside peddler.
The Traders Code:
When a young aspirant joins a merchant house, he
gives up any former community, loyalties, and ties.
He swears an oath of allegiance to the house and,
usually, its master.
He swears to adhere to the merchant houses rules
in all situations.
He will seek to bring benefit and profit to the house
above all things.
The good of the house becomes paramount in all
matters.
The aspirant may never, ever, sully the reputation
of the house or cause any community, region, or
people to have a negative opinion of the house
(whether through cheating, stealing, or any other
type of dishonest business practice).
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These are just general rules of the code. Though there

are variations depending on the actual group (the
Clean Water Clan, Far Traders, and Cartel have their
own rules; lesser groups certainly have their own laws
and trade customs), these are typical.
TABLE 1-17: THE TRADER

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Ear to the Ground

Money Talks
Bonus Feat
Going Once, Going Twice
Read the Signs
Bonus Feat
Sucker Born Every Minute
Leadership
Bonus Feat
Professional Courtesy
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
Requirements
To qualify to become a Trader, a character must fulfill
Skills: Diplomacy 6 ranks, Gather Information 3
ranks, Profession (Trader) 3 ranks.
Feats: None.
Special: Trade Language.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Trader
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d6.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Trader class skills are: Bluff
(Cha), Drive (Dex), Diplomacy (Cha), Forgery
(Int), Gather Information (Cha), Handle Animal
(Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (current events,
business) (Int), Navigate (Int), Profession (Wis),
Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Speak
Language (any), Spot (Wis).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Trader advanced
class.
Bonus Feats: A Trader receives a bonus feat
the prerequisites to select it: Alertness, Attentive,
Confident, Creative, Deceptive, Guide, Leadership,
Market, Meticulous, Personal Firearms Proficiency,
Renown, Silver Tongue, Studious, Trustworthy,
Vulture.
Money Talks: The Trader can spend some of his
money (or equivalent in bartered goods) to improve
relations with NPCs. For every 100 cp spent on a bribe
or gift, the Trader gains a +1 circumstance bonus to
Diplomacy checks (maximum +10) when attempting
to change an NPCs attitude. In certain circumstances

(at the GMs discretion), this ability can be used to
provide a bonus to Gather Information skill checks
(maximum +10).
Ear to the Ground: A Trader is always listening for
rumors of new markets and supplies. A Trader receives
a +4 competence bonus to all Gather Information skill
checks.
Read The Signs: A Trader knows how to read the
signs of the desertfrom Trade-language markers
and Unislang graffiti to tracks in the sand and eerie
silence. Whenever a Trader stumbles into an encounter
on any established trade route (but not uninhabited
wilderness or off the beaten path locales), he receives
a +4 competence bonus to Initiative on the first round,
as if he was suspecting danger all along.
Going Once, Going Twice: By making a successful
Bluff check, the Trader can sell items at much higher
price than their actual worth, usually through auction
or sheer bravado. The % above actual worth is
determined using the table below. A failed Bluff check
results in selling the item less than its value.
Bluff Check
Below 10
11-14
15-20
21-25
26-30
31+
Percent above market value

-25%
+0%
+25%
+50%
+100%
+200%
Sucker Born Every Minute: Among primitive,

backwards, or feral communities, a Traders
showmanship and style is always impressive. A Trader
can almost always manage to sell something in a tribal
village for far more than its worth. Examples include
beads, brass trinkets, and even discarded junk. Once
per visit to such a community, a Trader will generate a
small sum of 1d4 x 100 cp.
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Leadership: A Trader is assumed to have drawn

mercenaries and loyal followers to his employ. He
automatically gains the Leadership feat for free. If
the Trader already has leadership, he gains a +3 to his
leadership score.
Professional Courtesy: The Trader is recognized as
a member in good standing of his merchant house, and
so can petition peers (even neutral ones or those from
rival houses), instead of local authorities, to oversee
any case or judgment concerning him. He can only do
this in a civilized or semi-civilized settlement where
at least one merchant house is represented. Trials
overseen by merchant houses, even bitter enemies,
usually result in a fine instead of corporal punishment
or imprisonment (though the actual amount must be
set by the GM, depending on the crime committed), to
protect their own. A Trader can thus use this ability
to appeal to his merchant peers and avoid suffering
more serious punishments by instead paying a fine.
EPIC CLASSES
Eventually, characters will
find themselves reaching
the highest levels of the
advanced classes. At that
point, they may choose
to diversify by taking other
advanced classes, but some will
want to move on to even bigger and better things. The
following classescalled epic classesare designed
for that purpose. They represent rare, powerful people
of the post-apocalyptic earth such as scientists who
attempt to master the lost technology of the Ancients,
or Trade Masters seeking to dominate the Twisted
Earth with trade cartels.
All of these classes are designed for 11th level and
beyond, with some requiring characters between 12th
and 15th level. They are all suitable for epic adventures
TABLE 1-18: THE CHAMPION

Level
44
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
that will eventually take characters beyond 20th level.

Certainly, characters that have survived to this point (a
great accomplishment) are major heroes and leaders of
the post-apocalyptic Earth.
CHAMPION
The sight of the raiders powerful body, crisscrossed
with scars and tattoos, seemed to give the defenders
of the tribal fort pause. With the moments hesitation
afforded him by his awesome presence, he took stock
of the situation. Here he was, on foot and wounded,
his gas-powered motorcycle now a heap of smoking
ruin yards away. His firearm was also somewhere in
that burning inferno, and his allies his fellow gang
members had not followed him over the wall and
into the compound as planned.
He gritted his teeth, cursing his mens lack of
courage and coordination.
Realizing the crowd was in awe of him and his
ferocious appearance, he pondered whether or not to
simply charge towards the gate. No doubt a fierce cry
would send the meager defenders running.
As he bared his teeth, preparing to summon every
ounce of energy for that mad dash, the defenders
parted prematurely, to reveal someone approaching.
Standing there was a man almost seven feet tall,
broader than any mere tribal the raider had ever seen,
his skin painted with war paint. The new arrivals
knotted muscles were rippling with the weight of the
enormous axe in his hands, the metal face of which
was etched with the words Raider Bane
The Champion is the best a community has to offer,
the cream of their elite guard or soldiery, admired
even reveredas the protector of his entire enclave.
Champions are those rare individuals who have
survived years of inter-community conflict, incessant
raider attacks, and treacherous power struggles
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Rallying Cry +2
Improved Tactical Aid
Bonus Feat
Rallying Cry +3
Awesome Presence
Bonus Feat
Challenge
Rallying Cry +4
Bonus Feat
To the Bitter End
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
through their own strength, cunning, and martial

skill. Champions are almost universally respected
and feared, by locals and outsiders alike; they are
true survivors, who maintain their place in the world
through the destruction of all who threaten them or
their people.
Champions have a place in almost every society or
group, from established citadels of civilization in the
desert to rampaging raider gangs. In the former, they
are likely the captains of the watch or commanders
of a community leaders personal bodyguard. In
the latter, Champions often rise to assume a role of
leadership and command, using their power to squash
all competition.
Some Champions, instead of rising as heroes of
a given community, hone their skills to their elite
rank through gladiatorial games. Their reputation is
thus gained not through acts of bravery and lifelong
dedication, but rather due to brutality, slaughter, and
carnival showmanship.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Champion, a character must
Skills: Knowledge (tactics) 8 ranks, Intimidate 10
ranks.
Feats: Toughness, Iron Will.
Special: Defender class ability.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Champion
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d12.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Champion class skills are:
Demolitions (Int), Drive (Dex), Intimidate (Cha),
Jump (Str), Knowledge (tactics, current events, mutant
lore) (Int), Listen (Wis), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Champion
advanced class.
Bonus Feats: A Guardian receives a bonus feat
Proficiency, Futuristic Firearms Proficiency,
Advanced Firearms Proficiency, Archaic Weapons
Proficiency, Armor Proficiency (light), Armor
Proficiency (medium), Armor Proficiency (heavy),
Burst Fire, Cleave, Combat Reflexes, Double Tap,
Exotic Firearms Proficiency, Exotic Melee Weapon
Proficiency, Far Shot, Great Cleave, Hard Eye,
Improved Two Weapon Fighting, Intimidating
Strength, Precise Shot, Personal Firearm Proficiency,

Point Blank Shot, Power Attack, Power Armor
Operation, Rip a Clip, Strafe, Sunder, Two Weapon
Fighting.
Improved Tactical Aid: This improved version of
the Guardians Tactical Aid ability doubles the bonuses
and duration. If the Champion does not have Tactical
Aid, he gets the standard ability and not the improved
version.
Rallying Cry: The Champion rallies his fellows
even in dire situations. All allies within 20 feet of
the Champion receive a +2 morale bonus to saves
and attack rolls. If the Champion is brought down,
however, this bonus is lost. This ability increases as
the Champion gains levels.
Awesome Presence: The Champion gains the
ability to inspire fear and awe by his mere presence.
The awesome presence must take the form of a
particular action (walking calmly towards his enemy
despite suppressing fire, for instance, or shouting
threats in a defiant voice over the din of battle). All
opponents with fewer HD or levels than the Champion
must make a Will save (DC 10 + 12 character level +
Charisma modifier) or become frightened. Those who
save are still shaken. The range of the effect is 30 feet,
and duration lasts for a number of rounds equal to 2d6
+ your Charisma modifier.
Those who have been in the Champions awesome
presence, whether or not they made a successful save,
cannot be affected by another use of this ability for a
full day.
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Challenge: Using 1action point, the Champion

can call out a challenge to another warrior on the
battlefield, usually the leader, forcing the target
to battle him one on one. All other combatants in
a 50-foot radius stop fighting (though usually all
surrounding people will stop to watch unless some
sight or sound barrier prevents them from noticing).
If the target is of a non-warrior class (such as
Scholar, Tinker, Mech, Sage), he may direct a proxy to
fight for him. If no realistic proxy is available, the nonwarrior can turn down the challenge, but his reputation
will be decreased by one point if he does.
After the one-on-one battle, the losers allies suffer
a 2 morale penalty of the remainder of the combat. In
some cases, the GM may determine that the losing side
is completely demoralized and flees.
To the Bitter End: The Champion will never give
up on his community, even when certain death is
assured. A Champion of this level can continue to fight
even after death (10 hit points). Each round that the
Champion is below 10 hit points, he may make a
Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1 per hit point below 10) to
continue fighting. Note that the Champion is in fact
dead at this point, and healing him has no effect. Only
skills and abilities that affect dead characters apply,
such as Juju Miracle.
The Mech is a repairman, a tinker, a Mr. Fixit

without equal, someone who takes on the tasks
of maintaining, repairing, or resurrecting Ancient
mechanical and electronic items and artifacts. In many
communities Mechs are considered invaluable assets
with rare skills in the technical and mechanical fields,
and their roles often afford them a prestigious standing
among their people. Prosperous communities will
often employ Mechs in numbers so their resurrected
machines, weapons, and armor will remain in full
working order. Mechs in such communities are
accorded unprecedented dignity and respect by their
more mundane peers.
On the flip side, however, are the raider gangs and
malevolent technological societies, to whom Mechs
are merely valuable commodities. Often considered
little better than insects by their overlords, they are
kept alive in miserable squalor to oil and tend the
machines of their masters in their various campaigns
of conquest and barbarism. In the worst communities,
these skilled individuals are enslaved and treated like
dogs in a kennel, fed only to sustain their strength.
In such a barbarous environment, the Mech is seen
only as a tool to keep machines, water purifiers, and
vehicle fleets running.
MECH
To qualify to become a Mech, a character must fulfill

Skills: Craft (electronic) 10 ranks, Craft
(mechanical) 12 ranks, Knowledge (technology) 10
ranks, Repair 14 ranks.
Feats: Gearhead.
Special: One Technology Craft Discipline.
His face and hands obscured by an oily layer of

black grease, his clothes soiled, patched-up, and
sprouting a collection of pockets and pouches, his belt
jingling with keys, screwdrivers, and wrenches, the
Mech is a unique sight in the worlds more advanced
communities. Working late into the night, toiling over
vehicles, computers, and life-sustaining machines
such as water purifiers and generators, he is a vital
part of his community and a resource jealously sought
throughout the wasteland.
TABLE 1-19: THE MECH

Level
46
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Requirements
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Mech
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d6.
rounded down.
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
Mastercraft
Quick Repairs
Bonus Feat
Mastercraft
Improved Repairs
Bonus Feat
Mastercraft
Lightning Repairs
Bonus Feat
Supercraft
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+4
+5
Class Skills: The Mech class skills are: Computer

Use (Int), Craft (electronic, mechanical, structural)
(Int), Decipher Script (Int), Demolitions (Int), Disable
Device (Int), Drive (Dex), Knowledge (physical
sciences, technology, ancient lore) (Int), Navigate
(Int), Profession (Wis), Read/Write Language (none),
Repair (Int), Research (Int), Speak Language (none),
and Spot (Wis).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Mech advanced
class.
Bonus Feats: A Mech receives a bonus feat at
3nd, 6th, and 9th level. The feat must be selected from
prerequisites to select it: Advanced Armor Discipline,
Advanced Electronics Discipline, Advanced Weapons
Discipline, Aircraft Discipline, Builder, Educated,
Futuristic Firearms Proficiency, Intuitive Mechanic,
Discipline, Personal Firearms Proficiency, Power
Armor Operation, Studious.
Mastercraft: At 1st level, the Mech becomes
adept at creating mastercraft objects. He applies
the mastercraft ability to one of his Craft skills
(electronic or mechanical). From this point on, he
can build mastercraft objects using that skill. With
Craft (electronic), the Mech can build electronic
devices. With Craft (mechanical), the Mech can build
mechanical devices.
On average, it takes twice as long to build a
mastercraft object as it does to build an
ordinary object of the same type. The
cost to build a mastercraft object is
equal to the cost of the components
(see the appropriate Craft skill
description) + 50% per bonus
provided by the mastercraft
feature. A Mech can add
the mastercraft feature to an
existing ordinary object. The
cost is the same as if he were
constructing the object from
scratch.
In addition to the component
costs, the Mech must also pay a
cost in experience points equal
to 25 times his Mech level
times the bonus provided by
the mastercraft feature. The XP
must be paid before making the
Craft check. If the expenditure
of these XP would drop the
Mech to below the minimum
needed for his or her current
level, then the XP cant
be paid and the Mech
cant use the mastercraft ability for this particular item

until he gains enough additional XP to remain at his
current level after the expenditure is made.
When successfully completed, a mastercraft object
provides a +1 bonus to its quality compared to an
ordinary object of the same type. All weapons and
armor, and certain other types of equipment, such as
computers and electronic devices, can be constructed
as mastercraft objects.
At 4th, 7th, and 10th levels, the Mech can add the
mastercraft ability to another Craft skill, or he can
improve his ability in the skill selected at 1st level, so
that his mastercraft objects provide a +2 or +3 bonus.
+3 is the maximum mastercraft bonus.
The Craft DC for a mastercraft object is the same as
for a normal object of the same type, as described in
the Craft skill, with the following modification: For a
+1 object, add +3 to the Craft DC; for a +2 object, add
+5 to the Craft DC; and for a +3 object, add +10 to the
Craft DC.
Quick Repairs: Sometimes, to the amazement
of others, a Mech can perform complex repairs in a
matter of minutes! Using 1 action point, the Mech can
reduce the time to repair items by one rank: simple
objects only take 1 round, moderate objects only take
1 minute, complex items only take 10 minutes, and
advanced items only take 1 hour.
Improved Repairs: The Mech is an expert at
repairs. When repairing objects, the Mech can either
reduce the repair time by 50% or double the hit points
restored. This ability cannot be used in conjunction
with quick repairs.
Lightning Repairs: The Mechs ability to perform
quick repairs improves. Using
1 action point, the Mech can
reduce the time to repair items
by two ranks: moderate objects
only take 1 round, complex items
only take 1minute, and advanced
items only take 10 minutes.
Supercraft: This is the pinnacle
craft ability of the Mech, and
allows him to create a +5
masterwork item. This
item must remain in the
Mechs possession, as it
requires constant tuning
and tweaking to maintain
its supercraft quality. If the
item goes 24 hours without
a tune-up, it reverts to a
+3 masterwork item. The
daily tune-up only takes the
Mech 10 minutes. The
Mech can only have
one supercraft item at a
time. If the supercraft
item is destroyed, he may
create a new one.
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MEDICINE MAN
It was the dead of night. Yet here, in the blasted urban
landscape, a perceptible glow suffused everything,
giving light to the squalid hole in which the party of
men now found themselves.
Fighting raged outside, the sounds of gunfire met
with shrieks, screams, and bloodcurdling laughter of
the most inhuman sort. The last of their number were
holding onto a shaky perimeter, doing battle with a
mob of ghouls that had surprised the expedition as it
neared the nuked citys heart. Now, in the wee hours
before dawn, nearly a hundred had come to slaughter
them to the last.
Inside the building, some of the blood-caked soldiers
brought in two or three of their fallen comrades. A
handful of others checked the darkened rooms to make
sure there were no more ghouls inside. Then they
turned to the individual who had accompanied them to
ensure they all came back alive.
Will this be okay, Doc? asked one of the grunts.
The medicine man looked over the damp, roachinfested interior before motioning for the first casualty
to be put on a nearby stone slab.
It will have to do, soldier.
Whereas the Juju Doctor can run the gamut from a
tribal shaman to a technological throwback with some
limited expertise in true medicine, the Medicine Man
is a master physician by comparison. With years of
education and practical experience under his belt, the

Medicine Man has seen almost every kind of injury
imaginable, helped treat diseases or concoct cures
for the deadliest mutated viruses, and made miracles
happen with the magic of his hands.
Because of his focus on medicine and treatment,
the Medicine Man is not only proficient in the use
and creation of medicines, but also with the legendary
devices of the Ancients, life-giving wonders that
remain almost totally unknown in this new Dark Age
of science.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Medicine Man, a character
Skills: Treat Injury 14 ranks, Craft (pharmaceutical)
8 ranks, Knowledge (earth and life sciences) 6
ranks, Knowledge (mutant lore) 6 ranks, Knowledge
(technology) 6 ranks.
Feats: Surgery, Medical Expert.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Medicine
Man advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d8.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Medicine Man class skills are:
Concentrate (Con), Craft (pharmaceutical) (Int),
Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Knowledge
(ancient lore, behavioral sciences, current events, earth
and life sciences, mutant lore, technology) (Int), Listen
(Wis), Profession (Wis), Read/Write Language (none),
Research (Int), Speak Language (none), Spot (Wis),
and Treat Injury (Wis).
Class Features
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The following features pertain to the Medicine Man

advanced class.
Ancient Drugs: The Medicine man has learned the
pharmaceutical techniques of the Ancients, and can
recreate the powerful drugs they once used. Ancient
drug creation requires materials, time and a successful
Craft (pharmaceutical) check. These details can be
found in the Artifacts of the Ancients section (under
Ancient Medicine).
This ability is effectively the same as the Advanced
Pharmaceutical Discipline feat. The Medicine man
does not need to meet the prerequisites of that feat
to use this ability. If the character already has the
Advanced Pharmaceutical Discipline feat, he may
choose a bonus feat from the Juju Doctors bonus feat
list.
Mutant Treatment: If the Medicine Man
administers Ancient drugs to a mutant character,
he can grant +4 bonus to the mutants Medical
Incompatibility check.
TABLE 1-20: THE MEDICINE MAN

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Ancient Drugs
Minor Medical Miracle
Medical Specialist +1
Mutant Treatment
Mutant Drugs
Second Chance
Medical Miracle
Ancient Medical Technology
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+4
+5
Mutant Drugs: The Medicine Man can create

Ancient drugs that are 100% compatible with mutants.
These drugs must be created for a specific mutant or
group of similar mutants. If a different mutant (or
human) uses the mutant-specific drug, he must make a
Medical Incompatibility check.
Minor Medical Miracle: This ability has the same
effect as the ability of the same name given to the
Field Medic in the d20 Modern core rulebook or the
Juju Doctors Juju Miracle ability. If the Medicine
Man already has this ability, he may choose a bonus
feat from the Juju Doctors bonus feat selections. He
gets this ability at 2nd level.
Medical Miracle: This ability has the same effect as
the ability of the same name given to the Field Medic
in the d20 Modern core rulebook. The Medicine Man
gets this ability at 8th level.
Medical Specialist: Similar to Juju Mastery, this
grants the Medicine Man a +1 competence bonus to
Treat Injury checks. This stacks with Juju Mastery.
Second Chance: Using 1 action point, the Medicine
may re-roll any Treat Injury check.
Ancient Medical Technology: At 10th level, the
Medicine Man learns an extremely rare Ancient
medical technology. Some of these technologies were
the last advancements before the Fall and represent the
pinnacle of Ancient medical science. The Medicine
Man chooses one technology and has no knowledge of
the others.
Cloning: A common service provided widely
throughout the United States prior to the fall of the
Ancients was the creation of clones. Clones were
human beings grown artificially in a vat using
genetic material from samples (hair, blood, skin, etc.)
given by their owners.
Creating a clone requires a Cloning Kit, which
the Medicine Man must construct and which costs a
minimum of 50,000 cp in raw materials. Once a kit has
been constructed, the Medicine can clone any living
creature as long as he has a DNA sample. Clones
require 1d4 weeks to mature, at which time it must
make a Fortitude save (DC 20) or develop 1d4 defects

(see mutations). Otherwise, the clone is identical to the
original.
Regeneration Serum: Regen tanks were common in
the time of Ancients, but in the final days of the war,
a remarkable drug was developed, which provided
the same healing ability in drug form (similar to
stimshots) and which could be used in the field.
Regeneration Serum provides the same healing
powers as a Regen Tank (see Artifacts of the Ancients),
but is administered via syringe. Crafting one
application of Regeneration Serum takes 24 hours,
costs 5,000 cp in raw materials, and has a Craft DC of
30.
Zombie Plague Serum: This horrible virus was
engineered by the Ancients just prior to the Fall. This
serum will transform its victim into a Plague Zombie
2d6 hours after injection unless a Fort save (DC 20) is
made to resist it.
Crafting one application of Zombie Plague Serum
takes 24 hours, costs 1,000 cp in raw materials, and
has a Craft DC of 30.
MUTANT HUNTER
Huddled into the rotten and ragged back seat of an old
car, somewhere within the ruins of a vast junkyard, the
mutant boy tried with all his might to remain quiet. His
crooked teeth chattered within his slightly deformed
mouth while saliva from his overactive glands dribbled
down his bumpy chin. His yellow eyes were as wide as
saucers with the fear building inside him as he peered
out from the illusory safety of his clever hiding place.
Through the dirt-encrusted windows, he scanned the
area to see if his pursuers were anywhere nearby.
If they were, if they saw him, if they got their hands
on himhe shuddered almost uncontrollably, knowing
well the fate that would be in store for him if they did.
49
Despite what seems to be the inevitable extinction of

the human race, rare groups of pureblood humans,
clustered in tiny communities and scattered across
the Twisted Earth, do exist. These groups, direct
descendants of the few humans who managed to
escape the cataclysm of the Fallin shelters, vaults,
and protected domeshave grown increasingly rare
in recent decades as their isolationist tendencies and
small population move them ever closer to vanishing
forever. Mutant gangs, degenerate raiders, and all
manner of evolved creatures prey upon them, beating
against the walls of their fortress-like enclaves until
they inevitably collapse, their people either killed or
assimilated into the mutated populace of the Twisted
Earth.
Some humans, however, have earned for themselves
(and indeed, all remnants of pureblood human stock)
a hated reputation as killers and hunters of mutant
kind. Enraged by the rape and slaughter of their
human brothers and sisters by savage mutant tribes
and the insane pseudo-societies of the wasteland, these
survivors have become Mutant Hunters.
The Mutant Hunter is part of an elite and feared
predatory caste that has taken upon itself the task of
exterminating all mutant life. Though mutants in this
world vastly outnumber humans, these
men and women have sworn
to hunt them to extinction
and reclaim the world for
humanity.
Among the few
remaining human enclaves,
Mutant Hunters often fill
a prestigious role either
as elite soldiers and
protectors or as far-ranging
hunters who spend years
at a time wiping out as many
mutants as they can before
returning home.
Requirements
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To qualify to become a Mutant

Hunter, a character must fulfill
Skills: Knowledge
(mutant lore) 10 ranks,
Survival 10 ranks, Spot
8 ranks.
Feats: Track,
Personal Firearm
Proficiency or Archaic
Weapon Proficiency.
Talent: Mutation
Knowledge
Special: Must not be a
mutant.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Mutant
Hunter advanced class.
Hit Die: 1d10.
rounded down, every time she attains a new level in
this class.
Class Skills: The Mutant Hunters class skills
are: Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather
Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha),
Navigate (Int), Knowledge (mutant lore) (Int), Listen
(Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Spot (Wis), Survival
(Wis), Treat Injury (Wis), and Tumble (Dex).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Mutant Hunter
advanced class.
Bonus Feats: The Mutant Hunter gets a bonus
feat at 3rd, 6th, and 9th level. The feat must be selected
Proficiency (light), Burst Fire, Dead Aim, Dodge,
Double Tap, Exotic Firearms Proficiency, Far Shot,
Futuristic Firearm Proficiency, Guide, Improved
Initiative, Mobility, Personal Firearm Proficiency,
Precise Shot, Quick Draw, Quick Reload, Spring
Attack, Skip Shot, Run, Stealthy.
Mutant Hunter: Through extensive study and
training, the Mutant Hunter has become especially
knowledgeable about mutants and effective in
combating them. This translates to a +1 damage bonus
with melee and missile weapons against mutants of
all kinds and generations (characters, NPCs, and
monsters alike), as well as Bluff, Listen, Sense
Motive, Spot and Survival checks against the
same.
This bonus increases to +2 at 5th level and +3
at 10th level.
Smite Mutant: Using 1 action point, the Mutant
Hunter can harness her hatred for mutants into
a single devastating blow. The Mutant
Hunter gains a bonus equal
to her Knowledge (mutant
lore) ranks (not bonus) to
his attack and damage
rolls. This bonus stacks
with the Mutant Hunter
bonus.
Mutant Slayer: This
ability represents the
Mutant Hunters
expertise at finding
and exploiting the
various weaknesses
of mutants. Given
time, the Mutant
TABLE 1-21: THE MUTANT HUNTER

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Smite Mutants
Mutant Hunter +1
Bonus Feat
Mutant Slayer
Mutant Hunter +2
Bonus Feat
Mind Tricks
Mutant Hunter +3
Bonus Feat
Mutant Bane
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
Hunter can study a mutant and determine the best way

to slay him in a single attack. If the Mutant Hunter
can observe a mutant for 3 full rounds, she may make
a Knowledge (mutant lore) check (DC 15) to gain the
ability to make a mutant-slaying attempt when the
target is denied his dexterity bonus or flanked. Upon
a successful mutant slayer attack, the target must
make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + the Mutant Hunters
Knowledge (mutant lore) rank) or be killed instantly.
If the target survives, he takes damage as if the Mutant
Hunter had smitten him.
Mind Tricks: Experience in combating mutants has
led the Mutant Hunter to develop special mind tricks
to resist the effects of mental attacks. The Mutant
Hunter adds her Mutant Hunter level to her Will save
when resisting psionics and other mind-affecting
mutations used against her.
Mutant Bane: A Mutant Hunter of this level
represents the perfect mutant-killing machine, capable
of slaying hordes of mutants in seconds. Using 1
action point, the Mutant Hunter can attempt to slay a
mutant regardless of whether the target is denied his
dexterity bonus or flanked. In addition, the Mutant
Hunter does not require 3 rounds of study or a
successful Knowledge (mutant lore) check.
SCIENTIST
Working in the gaudy light of a workbench,
surrounded by a menagerie of test tubes and bubbling
beakers, the frail-looking woman looked completely
out of place in the company of thugs and killers, a few
of whom stood nearby, warily watching her. A virtual
prisoner of these men, she had labored hard over the
past few months to bring their two-bit operation up to
the scale needed to meet their masters demands.
The master, whoever he really was, had a
vision: to spread his vile, poisonous product to all the
grungy corners of the wasteland. Under the guise of
humanitarianism, this master promised an escape
to those in pain from disease and radiation, those in

misery, dying of starvation and neglect, and those
simply seeking a way out of this hopeless life after
the Fall. In truth, he was a profiteer, and she knew
it. He was a madman, with aspirations to control the
wasteland through addiction of its inhabitants.
She continued her work undisturbed, knowing full
well that the simpletons left to guard her had no idea
she was concocting a volatile mixture that would blow
them all to Hell.
The Scientist is an advanced thinker and scholar, an
intellectual, whose skills go beyond mere education,
bordering on the level of genius. As science and
knowledge are valuable commodities in this run-down,
hopeless world, true scientists are a rare and priceless
luxury. Like Tinkers, who are kept in hiding and
protected from the outside world, scientists can also
be revered and sheltered solely for the secrets locked
within their heads.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Scientist, a character must
Skills: Knowledge (technology) 15 ranks and
Research 12 ranks.
Feats: Studious.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Scientist
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d6.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Scientist class skills are:
Computer Use (Int), Craft (any) (Int), Decipher Script
(Int), Disable Device (Int), Drive (Dex), Knowledge
(any) (Int), Navigate (Int), Profession (Wis), Read/
Write Language (none), Repair (Int), Research (Int),
Search (Int), Speak Language (none), and Spot (Wis).
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Class Features
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The following features pertain to the Scientist

advanced class.
Bonus Feats: A Scientist receives bonus feats
at 6th and 9th level. The feat must be selected from
prerequisites to select it: Advanced Armor Discipline,
Advanced Electronics Discipline, Advanced
Pharmaceutical Discipline, Advanced Weapons
Discipline, Aircraft Discipline, Educated, Gearhead,
Discipline, Renown.
Scientific Method: The Scientist is extremely
disciplined in her application of science. She
investigates every avenue and every possibility.
Using 1 action point, the Scientist can take 20 on any
Knowledge skill check.
Scientific Improvisation: At 2nd level, the Scientist
gains the ability to improvise solutions using common
objects and scientific know-how. This ability lets the
Scientist create tools and devices quickly and cheaply,
even in a dramatic situation, but these creations have a
limited useful lifespan.
By spending 1 action point and combining common

objects with a Craft check that corresponds to the
desired function, the Scientist can build a tool or
device to deal with any situation. The DC for the Craft
check is equal to the standard Craft DC of the object
that most closely matches the desired function.
Only objects that can normally be used more than
once can be improvised.
Electronic devices, special tools, mechanical
devices, and even weapons can be built with scientific
improvisation. It takes a full-round action to make an
object with scientific improvisation. The object, when
put into use, lasts for a number of rounds equal to the
Scientists class level, or until the end of the current
encounter, before it breaks down. It cant be repaired.
Protected By The Code: This ability is the same
as Scholar ability of the same name. If the Scientist
already possesses this ability, she may choose a bonus
feat.
Smart Weapon: The Scientist selects one weapon
with which she is proficient and can use that weapon
with one hand. With the selected weapon, the Scientist
can use her Intelligence modifier instead of her
Strength or Dexterity modifier on attack rolls. She can
choose any weapon, even an advanced one.
Hypothesis: Highly experienced Scientists are
renowned for their ability to make educated guesses
in a flash of inspiration. With this ability, the Scientist
can use 1 action point to come up with a useful theory
that answers a question concerning a specific goal,
event, or activity that occurred in the past or will occur
within 1 week. In all cases, the GM controls what
information the character receives. The base chance
for a correct hypothesis is 50% + 2% per Scientist
level. If the dice roll fails, the character knows the
ability has failed.
Lead Scientist: The Scientist has become so
renowned that she starts to gain followers. Some of
the followers are fellow Scientists who simply want
to learn from their more experienced colleague, while
others may be warriors who have dedicated their
lives to protecting one of the few great minds left in
the wastelands. This ability grants the Scientist the
leadership feat.
Funding: Most Scientists have specific scientific
goals that they wish to achieve. Often, the largest
barrier to such achievements is a lack of resources. At
8th level, a Scientists career has advanced sufficiently
that she has attracted a group or person that either
shares her vision or simply wants to reap the benefits
of the Scientists labors. Regardless of the motive,
the Scientist now acquires a funding source of some
kind. This could be a paramilitary group that wants
advanced weapons, a group of Resurrectors attempting
to rebuild a nuclear power plant, or group of medicine
men that want to rediscover the Ancient power of
cloning.
TABLE 1-22: THE SCIENTIST

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Scientific Method
Scientific Improvisation
Protected By Code
Smart Weapon
Hypothesis
Bonus Feat
Lead Scientist
Funding
Bonus Feat
Improved Scientific Method
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+4
+5
This ability leaves a lot to the GMs discretion.

The character does not receive unlimited resources,
but she does receive enough to make continued and
substantial progress. At a minimum, the Scientist
should be provided with a lab, access to some
Ancient research materials, and sufficient resources to
perform experiments and crafts that require materials.
Extremely rare and expensive requests may require
significant time to acquire; they might even require
assistance from the Scientist (can you say adventure?).
Improved Scientific Method: At 10th level, the
Scientist can apply her Scientific Method to specific
projects. By using 1 action point, the Scientist can take
20 on any Craft skill check.
TECH LOOTER
The party of monastic warriors departed the choking
atmosphere of the darkened drinking hole, taking with
them their heavy laser weapons and powered armor.
As they marched out the door, casting menacing glares
at the local patrons, a lone individual emerged from
the shadows to approach the bartender.
When he was sure the warriors were gone, he
reached into his tattered robes and pulled out a small
sack of corium nuggets, the slightly radioactive
warmth of which he could feel even through the thick
burlap.
As he dangled the coins over the bartenders hand, a
single question slipped from his lips.
Which way did they say they were heading?
The Tech Looter is a clever type of Scav or Trader
who makes his living by following the trails of the
major players in the post-apocalyptic world. Watching,
waiting, and scrutinizing their movements, he tracks
them hundreds of miles across the desert, knowing
that wherever they are headed, something valuable is
bound to be uncovered.
A true opportunist, the Tech Looter is like the small

fish that follows the school of bigger fish, knowing
that when all is said and done, there will be at least
a few scraps for him to scavenge. Even better, if he
manages to find out where they are headed, hell get
there before the crowd and be out before anyones the
wiser.
The Tech Looter specializes in stealth and tracking,
keeping an ear to the ground for rumors of the
next tech mother lode or simply eavesdropping
on careless expedition members who let slip their
intentions and destinations. If he can, the Tech Looter
will try to get to the lost cache or stockpile before his
more powerful competitors, looting it for everything
he can and getting out before they ever arrive.
The Tech Looter is a hated nuisance to all groups
that seek out lost artifacts. If he is caught, he is usually
shot on sight; if his identity is ever discovered, he will
soon find he has a price on his head.
Despite the dangers, the Tech Looter stands to make
a terrific profit for his troubles. Whether he arrives
ahead of the pack to take the choicest items before
scampering off into the night or comes late and has
only the leavings to pick from in the morning, there
are many on the Twisted Earth who would buy his
finds, whatever they might be.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Tech Looter, a character must
fulfill all the following criteria.
Skills: Computer User 6 ranks, Disable Device
6 ranks, Gather Information 8 ranks, Knowledge
(technology) 8 ranks, Knowledge (ancient lore) 6
ranks, Repair 6 ranks.
Feats: Advanced Technology.
Special: Ear to the Ground, Scav Scan, Sweep.
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Class Information
The following information pertains to the Tech Looter
advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d8.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Tech Looter class skills are:
Computer Use (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Disable
Device (Dex), Drive (Dex), Gather Information (Cha),
Hide (Dex), Knowledge (ancient lore, technology)
(Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Navigate
(Int), Open Lock (Dex), Repair (Int), Search (Int),
Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spot (Wis), and Survival (Wis).
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the Tech
Looter prestige class.
Bonus Feats: A Tech Looter receives a bonus feat
the prerequisites to select it: Acrobatic, Advanced
Firearms Proficiency, Agile Riposte, Alertness,
Cautious, Defensive Martial Arts, Dodge, Double
Tap, Elusive Target, Futuristic Firearms Proficiency,
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Improved Initiative, Meticulous, Mobility, Nimble,

Personal Firearms Proficiency, Precise Shot, Point
Blank Shot, Quick Draw, Run, Shot on the Run,
Spring Attack, Stealthy, Track, and Unbalance
Opponent.
Ancient Sense: The Tech Looter has a unique
understanding of Ancient facilities, which grants him
many benefits when exploring ruins and disabling
Ancient security measures.
When attempting to bypass Ancient security, the
Tech Looter gains a +4 insight bonus to Computer
Use, Disable Device, and Open Lock. Additionally,
when making reflex saves due to high-tech traps, the
Tech Looter may add his Intelligence modifier to his
roll.
Contacts: The Tech Looter knows someone in
every town who is willing to buy for a fair price. A
Tech Looter can sell any item of advanced technology
(GMs decision on what constitutes advanced
technology in a given settlement) for the standard
market price, regardless of whether the town has
sufficient resources or cash on hand. He is always able
to find a buyer (whether a passing merchant or local
eccentric no one knew about).
On The Lookout: The Tech Looter receives a
bonus equal to twice his Tech Looter level to Gather
Information checks when listening for rumors about
technological finds, lost bases of the Ancients, tech
mother lodes, etc.
Beat Feet: The Tech Looter has the uncanny
ability to make it to a chosen destination faster than
most people by taking short cuts, forfeiting sleep for
progress and taking secret paths through otherwise
uncharted terrain. While his movement on a tactical
level remains unchanged, the Tech Looter is able to
cover a distance 50% greater than normal in a given
24-hour period when traveling over land.
Tech Mastery: Many items pass through a Tech
Looters hands, and he hears about a lot more. The
Tech Looter can, without a Technology check, identify
any tech item he sees and handles. He can also
determine if the item is damaged or malfunctioning
and discern its purpose and use.
When repairing technology, the Tech Looter gains a
+4 insight bonus to Repair checks. Also, when using
high-tech weapons, the Tech Looter does not suffer a
non-proficiency penalty.
If the Tech Looter already possesses some Advanced
Weapon Proficiencies, he may swap them out for
bonus feats from the Tech Looter list.
Sneak Attack: Like a Scav, the Tech Looter is
a stealthy, sneaky predator, often ambushing lone
wanderers and straggling merchants. As such,
he receives a damage bonus when his target is
denied his Dexterity bonus or flanked. A Tech
Looter may sneak attack with a melee weapon
or a ranged weapon, as long as the enemy
is within 30 feet.
TABLE 1-23: THE TECH LOOTER

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+1
+2
+3
+3
+4
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
Sneak Attack +1d6, Contacts

Ancient Sense
Bonus Feat
Beat Feet
Sneak Attack +2d6
Bonus Feat
On The Lookout
Tech Mastery
Bonus Feat
Sneak Attack +3d6
+1
+2
+2
+3
+4
+4
+5
+6
+6
+7
+0
+0
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
TRADE MASTER
Standing high atop the mission-like structure of his
clans trade caravan, the trade master observed the
fiery aura of early twilight, painted across the sky in
bright, broad brush strokes. He often came up here at
this hour to relax and ponder the successes of the day.
In the distance, he could hear his underlings preparing
the next caravan for its long journey across the
wasteland to parts far and wide. Before him, stretching
out like a carpet of ever-darkening colors, was the city
he had personally built to fuel his trade empire. Once
a mere oasis, it was now a garden of diverse groups
and visiting wayfarers. The life that bloomed here was
a reflection of his success, his authority, and his power.
The Trade Master is a member of high standing in
one of the wastelands few but powerful trade cartels.
He might swear allegiance to a coalition of trade
communities come together for mutual profit, or
he might be a leader of a nomadic family clan that
subsists solely through keeping outlying settlements
connected, but whatever his station, he knows that all
trade houses are vital links that help keep humanity
(and mutant kind) aliveand are powerful as a result.
The individual Trade Masters abilities lie not
only in the fundamental principles of his profession
(i.e. buy low and sell high), but also in his ability
to convince others of his benevolence. Diplomacy
is as much a part of trade and commerce in the
violent wastes as the actual goods themselves. It is
a fine art that requires years of experience, an innate
understanding of others, and an ability to read the
motivations of other leaders. A Trade Master must
often take on the role of peacemaker or negotiator, if
only to keep the goods flowing to the markets of the
region.
The rewards for mastering these often-difficult
social talents are numerous: protection from outside
law, followers at ones disposal, a family and clan
to call home, concubines and luxuries beyond the

imaginings of most men, and personal influence
enough to satisfy even the most debauched and
egotistical princes and kings.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Trade Master, a character must
Skills: Bluff 10 ranks, Diplomacy 14 ranks, Gather
Information 8 ranks, Profession (trader) 12 ranks.
Feats: Leadership, Market (x2).
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Trade
Master advanced class.
Hit Dice: 1d6.
rounded down.
Class Skills: The Trade Master class skills are:
Bluff (Cha), Diplomacy (Cha), Drive (Dex), Forgery
(Int), Gather Information (Cha), Handle Animal
(Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (current events,
business) (Int), Navigate (Int), Profession (Wis),
Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Speak
Language (any) (none), and Spot (Wis).
Class Features
The following features pertain to the Trade Master
advanced class.
Distribution Network: Distribution costs make up
a large portion of trade expenses. By pooling resources
with other cartels, an influential trader reduces these
costs. The Trade Master can now sell goods for 25%
more and buy goods for 25% less while in his Markets
(see feat).
Leadership: The Trade Master slowly builds up his
cartel. He gets a bonus to his leadership score as he
gains levels.
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TABLE 1-24: THE TRADE MASTER

Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+0
+0
+1
+1
Distribution Network,
Improved Cohort
+1
+2
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Leadership +1
Make A Deal
Leadership +2
Wise Man Speaks
Leadership +3
Peacemaker
Leadership +4
Market Leverage
Leadership +5
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
Level
Make A Deal: A Trade Master can get himself

out of trouble by striking an irresistible deal with his
captors. Attempting to make a deal requires the
target to make a Will save (DC 10 + Trade Masters
Charisma modifier + Trade Masters Character
Level) or let the Trade Master go. There are certain
limitations to this ability: the trouble must be a
sentient creature that speaks the same language as the
Trade Master, and the creature must have some basic
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need that the trader could possibly fill. Whether or not

the Trade Master actually follows through on filling
that need is entirely up to him. A Trade Master cannot
attempt this ability more than once with a given enemy
(or community).
Peacemaker: The Trade Master has become
renowned as a negotiator and mediator between distant
peoples, and all communities that know him honor
his reputation for neutrality and objectivity. This
makes the Trade Master respected as a diplomat and
peacemaker. A Trade Master of 7th level receives a +4
competence bonus to all Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate,
and Sense Motive checks.
Wise Man Speaks: The Trade Master can add his
Wisdom modifier (if any) to his Charisma bonus when
dealing in diplomacy, trades, or negotiations.
Market Leverage: At 9th level, the Trade Master is
a titan of business, actually able to manipulate prices
by restricting demand, engaging in monopolistic
practices, and unduly exerting his influence. The Trade
Master can now sell goods for 50% more and buy
goods for 50% less while in his Markets (see feat).
In addition, the Trade Master may choose to block
all other Traders or Trade Masters from gaining their
Market, Distributed Network, or Market Leverage
benefits. This can often result in trade wars or armed
conflict.
Improved Cohort: The Trade Master has the ability
to arrange for an improved cohort. If at any time
the Trade Masters Leadership score would imply a
higher-level cohort then the one currently in service,
he may choose to dismiss that current cohort and
summon a new one of higher level. Alternatively, he
may train his current cohort and upgrade him to the
higher-level. This training takes one week. Neither
of these actions have a negative effect on the Trade
Masters Leadership score.
WARRIOR MONK
In the dusty, hollow ruins of the sprawling factory
complex, cracked open to the blood-red sky above
by some ancient bombardment, two opposing forces
moved within range. On one side came the thunderous
echo of powered armor boots, the clank and whir of
electrically assisted armor plate, and the subsonic
rumble of plasma weapons at the ready. A force of
Foundationists moved to secure the ruins, confident in
their superiority.
Ahead of them, emerging quietly from the sharp and
irregular rubble of the structures maze-like interior,
came an almost equal number of silent opponents. In
sharp contrast to the seemingly superior Foundation
entourage, these soldiers wore only long drab robes
of a twilight purple color, covering their long, pale
limbs and an almost certain abundance of ghastly
mutations. Their faces, a moment ago obscured
by the shadows of their deep cowls, were suddenly
illuminated in a vibrant half-light as their eyes flared
with untold psychic power.
Two elite forces faced off. Only one would emerge
victorious.
The term Warrior Monk is used to describe the
military elite of many rising power groups of the
Twisted Earth. Motivated by some philosophy, duty,
or code of conduct, these men and women dedicate
themselves to either upholding an intangible ideal or
selflessly furthering the aims of their faction. Unlike
most followers of these cults and rising empires,
who apply a wide variety of skills and abilities to
further their causes influence and successes, the
Warrior Monk focuses on his martial abilities.
Examples of the Warrior Monk class include
the ruthless paladins and Resurrectionists of the
Foundation, the vigilante Rangers of the Deadlands,
who act as peacemakers in the wilderness, and the
mysterious agents of the Brotherhood of Radiation,
who hide among the populaces of many desert
TABLE 1-25: THE WARRIOR MONK

Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
communities, keeping a finger on the pulse of the

wasteland.
In other settings, the term Warrior Monk can mean
many different things. He could be a member of a
communitys elite cadre of soldiers, a special-forcesstyle commando. Or he could be the loyal and
trusted retainer of a desert warlord or raider prince, a
samurai of sorts. Or he could be someone who takes
it upon himself to bring back the long-dead values of
heroism and adventure, a wanderer of the world not
unlike the knight errant of the ancient past.
Base
Attack
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special
Defense
Bonus
Reputation
Bonus
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+0
+0
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
Superior Ability
Bonus Feat
Perfect Attack
Superior Ability
Bonus Feat
Deadly Critical
Superior Ability
Bonus Feat
Superior Ability
Bonus Feat
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
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Requirements
To qualify to become a Warrior Monk, a character
Feat: Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Weapon
Focus.
Special: Greater Weapon Specialization, Greater
Weapon Focus, or Living Weapon.
Class Information
The following information pertains to the Warrior
Monk advanced class.
Hit Die: 1d10.
rounded down, every time he or she attains a new level
in this class.
Class Skills: The Warrior Monks class skills are:
Drive (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge
(tactics) (Int), Listen (Wis), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive
Class Features
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The following features pertain to the Warrior Monk

advanced class.
Bonus Feats: The Warrior Monk gets a bonus feat
at 2nd, 5th, 8th and 10th level. The feat must be selected
from the following list or from the bonus feat list
of one of the following warrior classes (Barbarian,
Guardian, Gunslinger, Martial Artist, Raider, Road
Warrior, Survivalist, or Sister of the Desert): Advanced
Combat Martial Arts, Advanced Two Weapon
Fighting, Armed to the Teeth, Futuristic Firearm
Proficiency, Burst Fire, Dead Aim, Exotic Firearms
Proficiency, Exotic Melee Weapon Proficiency, Great
Cleave, Improved Combat Martial Arts, Improved
Disarm, Improved Trip, Improved Two Weapon
Fighting, Shot on the Run, Skip Shot, Spring Attack,
Sunder, Whirlwind Attack. The character must meet
the prerequisites for a feat in order to select it
Superior Ability: The Warrior Monk chooses one
of four superior abilities: Superior Weapon Focus,
Superior Weapon Specialization, Superior Combat
Reflexes, and Superior Combat Expertise. Eventually,
the Warrior Monk will receive all four, but he may
choose them in any order. They are granted at 1st,
4th, 7th, and 9th levels. Superior Weapon Focus and
Specialization must be taken for a weapon for which
the character already has weapon focus.
Superior Weapon Focus: Stacking with any previous
weapon focus bonuses, the Warrior Monk gains a +1
to all attack rolls for his weapon of choice.
Superior Combat Reflexes: A Warrior Monk can
make multiple attacks of opportunity in a round equal
to his Dexterity Modifier plus his Wisdom Modifier.
Superior Weapon Specialization: Stacking with any

previous weapon specialization bonuses, the Warrior
Monk gains a +2 to damage with his weapon of
choice.
Superior Combat Expertise: When using the
Combat Expertise feat, a Warrior Monk can improve
his defense bonus by subtracting any amount from
his attack as long as it doesnt exceed his base attack.
Normally, a character is limited to 5.
Perfect Attack: Using 1 action point, the Warrior
Monk can choose to do maximum damage (but not
on a critical hit). Additional damage from feats, sneak
attacks, or special weapon properties is determined
normally.
Deadly Critical: Using 1 action point, the Warrior
Monk can choose to increase his critical multiplier by
one factor. For example, a Warrior Monk scoring a
critical hit with a Desert Eagle can do x3 damage.
NEW & REVISED

SKILLS
Craft (Int)
This skill encompasses several categories. Each

category is treated as a separate skill: Craft (chemical),
Craft (electronic), Craft (mechanical), Craft
(pharmaceutical), Craft (structural), Craft (visual arts),
and Craft (writing).
Craft skills are specifically focused on creating
objects. In order to effectively use a Craft skill, a
character must have a kit or some other set of tools.
The cost of this equipment varies according to the
particular Craft skill.
To use Craft, you must first decide what the
character is trying to create and consult the category
descriptions, below. If the character has the raw
materials, make the Craft check against the given DC
for the object in question. If the character fails the
check, he or she does not make the object, and the raw
materials are wasted (unless otherwise noted). The
raw material costs are simply guidelines. If attempting
to craft a specific object found in d20 Modern or
Darwins World, the raw materials should be roughly
one-third the objects full price.
Generally, a character can take 10 when using a
Craft skill to construct an object, but cant take 20
(since doing so represents multiple attempts, and
the character uses up the raw materials during the
first attempt). The exception is Craft (writing); the
character can take 20 because the character does not
use up any raw materials.
Craft (chemical) (Int)

Trained Only
This skill allows a character to mix chemicals
to create acids, bases, explosives, and poisonous
substances.
Acids and Bases: Acids are corrosives substances.
Bases neutralize acids but do not deal damage. A base
of a certain type counteracts an acid of the same type
or a less potent type.
Type of Acid
Raw
Materials
Acid
Craft
DC
Base
Craft
DC
Time
Mild
(1d6/1d10) *
70 cp
15
10
1
min.
Potent
(2d6/2d10)
200 cp
20
15
30
min.
Concentrated
(3d6/3d10)
650 cp
30
20
1 hr.
* The dice rolls in parentheses are typical splash

damage/immersion damage caused per round of
exposure to the acid.
Explosives: Building an explosive from scratch is
dangerous. If the Craft (chemical) check fails, the raw
materials are wasted. If the check fails by 5 or more,
the explosive compound detonates as it is being made,
dealing half its intended damage to anyone in the burst
radius, including the character crafting the explosive
device.
If the check succeeds, the final product is a solid
material, about the size of a brick. An explosive
compound does not include a fuse or detonator.
Connecting a fuse or detonator requires a Demolitions
check.
Type of ScratchBuilt Explosive
Raw
Materials
Craft
DC
Time
Improvised
(1d6/5 feet) *
40 cp
10
1 round
Simple
(2d6/5 feet)
100 cp
15
10 min.
Moderate
(4d6/10 feet)
300 cp
20
1 hr.
Complex
(6d6/15 feet)
500 cp
25
3 hr.
Powerful
(8d6/20 feet)
1,000 cp
30
Devastating
(10d6/25 feet)
3,000 cp
35
Poisonous Substances: Solid poisons are usually

ingested. Liquid poisons are most effective when
injected directly into the bloodstream. Gaseous
poisons must be inhaled in order to be effective. The
table below summarizes the characteristics of various
poisons.
Save DC: The Difficulty Class of the Fortitude save
to negate the effects of the poison.
Initial Damage: The damage a character takes
immediately upon failing his or her Fortitude save.
Secondary Damage: The damage a character
takes after 1 minute of exposure to the poison if the
character fails a second saving throw. Ability score
damage is temporary, unless marked with an asterisk,
in which case the damage is a permanent ability drain.
Unconsciousness lasts for 1d3 hours, and paralysis
lasts 2d6 minutes.
Raw Materials: The corium necessary to obtain the
raw materials to craft the poison, or to purchase one
bottle of solid or liquid poison or one high-pressure
cylinder of gaseous poison. A bottle holds four doses,
while a cylinder holds enough gas to fill a 10-footradius area.
Craft DC: The DC of the Craft check to create a
quantity of the poison.
Time: The amount of time required for the Craft
check.
If the Craft check succeeds, the final product is a
synthesized solid or liquid poison stored in a bottle
(containing 4 doses) or a gas stored in a pressurized
cylinder. When released, the gas is sufficient to fill a
10-foot-radius area and takes 1 round to fill the area.
Craft (electronic) (Int)

Trained Only
This skill allows a character to build electronic
equipment from scratch, such as audio and video
equipment, timers and listening devices, or radios and
communication devices.
When building an electronic device from scratch,
the character describes the kind of device he or she
wants to construct; then the Gamemaster decides
whether the device is simple, moderate, complex, or
advanced compared to current technology.
Electronics
(Examples)
Raw
Craft DC Time
Materials
Simple (timer or
detonator)
70 cp
15
1 hr.
12 hr.
Moderate (radio
direction finder,
electronic lock)
200 cp
20
12 hr.
24 hr.
Complex (cell phone)

Advanced (computer)
650 cp
3,500 cp
25
30
24 hr.
60 hr.
Futuristic
(android brain)
15,000 cp
35
200
hr
* The figures in parentheses are typical damage/burst

radius for each type of explosive.
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Advanced Electronics: Some high tech electronics,

such as those found in the Artifacts of the Ancients,
require the Advanced Electronics Discipline feat.
Characters without this feat suffer a 4 non-discipline
penalty to craft checks.
Advanced Armor and Weapons: Some high
tech weapons and armor, such as those found in
the Artifacts of the Ancients, require the Advanced
or Advanced Weapons Discipline feat. Characters
without these feats suffer a 4 non-discipline penalty
per required feat to craft checks. For example, if a
character is attempting to create a suit of power armor

and does not have the Advanced Armor Discipline
and Advanced Electronics Discipline, he suffers a
cumulative 8 non-discipline penalty. If he has one of
the required feats, the penalty is only 4.
Special: A character without an electrical tool kit
takes a 4 penalty on Craft (electronic) checks.
A character with the Builder feat gets a +2 bonus on
all Craft (electronic) checks.
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Poison
Type
Save
DC
Initial Damage
Secondary
Damage
Raw
Materials
Craft
DC
Time
Arsenic
Ingested
Atropine
Injury
15
1d4 Str
2d4 Con
90 cp
24
4 hr.
13
1d6 Dex
1d6 Str
12 cp
14
1 hr.
Belladonna (plant)
Injury
18
1d6 Str
2d6 Str
350 cp
n/a
n/a
Blue vitriol
Injury
12
1d2 Con
1d2 Con
12 cp
1 hr.
Chloral hydrate
Ingested
18
1d6 Dex
Unconsciousness
1d3 hours
200 cp
28
8 hr.
Chloroform*
Inhaled
17
Unconsciousness
1d3 hours
90 cp
24
4 hr.
Curare (plant)
Injury
18
2d4 Dex
2d4 Wis
500 cp
n/a
n/a
Cyanide
Injury
16
1d6 Con
2d6 Con
500 cp
31
15 hr.
Cyanogen
Inhaled
19
1d4 Dex
2d4 Con
200 cp
28
8 hr.
DDT
Inhaled
17
1d2 Str
1d4 Str
90 cp
20
4 hr.
Desert anemone sap
Injury
15
Stun 1d4 rounds
200 cp
n/a
n/a
Knockout gas
Inhaled
18
1d3 Dex
Unconsciousness
1d3 hours
200 cp
26
8 hr.
Lead arsenate (gas)
Inhaled
12
1d2 Str
1d4 Con
40 cp
17
2 hr.
Lead arsenate (solid)
Ingested
12
1d2 Con
1d4 Con
40 cp
18
2 hr.
Mustard gas
Inhaled
17
1d4 Con
2d4 Con
200 cp
26
8 hr.
Mutant bug venom
Injury
13
1d2 Con
1d2 Con
20 cp
n/a
n/a
Othydont pus
Inhaled
15
Nauseated 1d4 hours
Paris green (gas)
Inhaled
14
1d2 Con
1d4 Con
90 cp
20
4 hr.
Paris green (solid)
Ingested
14
1d4 Con
1d4 Con
90 cp
24
4 hr.
Rattlesnake venom
Injury
12
1d6 Con
1d6 Con
200 cp
n/a
n/a
Sarin nerve gas
Inhaled
18
1d4 Con
2d4 Con
500 cp
30
15 hr.
Scorpion/tarantula venom
Injury
11
1d2 Str
1d2 Str
200 cp
n/a
n/a
Strychnine
Injury
19
1d3 Dex
2d4 Con
90 cp
23
4 hr.
Tear gas
Inhaled
15
Blindness 1d6
rounds
90 cp
21
4 hr.
Utarn spittle
Injury
13
Paralysis 2d6
minutes
275 cp
n/a
n/a
VX nerve gas
Inhaled
22
1d6 Con
2d6 Con
2,000 cp
42
48 hr.
90 cp
* Chloroform gives off vapor that causes unconsciousness. Applying chloroform to an unwilling subject requires a successful
grapple check and pin.
n/a: Certain poisons cant be made with the Craft skill. Instead, such a poison must be obtained by extracting it from the
creature in question.
Craft (mechanical) (Int)

Trained Only
This skill allows a character to build mechanical
devices from scratch, including engines and engine
parts, weapons, armor, and other gadgets. When
building a mechanical device from scratch, the
character describes the kind of device he or she wants
to construct; then the Gamemaster decides if the
device is simple, moderate, complex, or advanced
compared to current technology.
Mechanical Device
(Examples)
Simple (tripwire
trap)
Moderate (engine
component, light
armor)
Complex
(automobile engine,
9mm autoloader
handgun)
Advanced (jet
engine)
Futuristic (energy
weapon, power
armor)
Raw
Materials
Craft
DC
Time
30 cp
15
1 hr
200 cp
20
12 hr.
650 cp
25
24 hr.
3,500 cp
30
60 hr.
15,000 cp
35
200
hr
Modern Aircraft, Firearms, and Vehicles: Modern

Aircraft, Firearms, and Vehicles require the Modern
Aircraft Discipline, Modern Firearms Discipline, or
Modern Vehicles Discipline feat. Characters without
the respective feat suffer a 4 non-discipline penalty to
craft checks.
Advanced Armor and Weapons: Some high
tech weapons and armor, such as those found in
the Artifacts of the Ancients, require the Advanced
or Advanced Weapons Discipline feat. Characters
without these feats suffer a 4 non-discipline penalty
per required feat to craft checks. For example, if a
character is attempting to create a suit of power armor
and does not have the Advanced Armor Discipline
and Advanced Electronics Discipline, he suffers a
cumulative 8 non-discipline penalty. If he has one of
the required feats, the penalty is only 4.
Special: A character without a mechanical tool kit
takes a 4 penalty on Craft (mechanical) checks.
all Craft (mechanical) checks.
Craft (pharmaceutical) (Int)

Trained Only
This skill allows a character to compound medicinal
drugs to aid in recovery from treatable illnesses. A
medicinal drug gives a +2 circumstance bonus on
Fortitude saves made to resist the effects of a disease.

The Craft (pharmaceutical) check is based on the
severity of the disease to be countered as measured by
the DC of the Fortitude save needed to resist it.
Disease Fortitude
Save DC
Raw
Materials
Craft
DC
Time
14 or lower
30 cp
15
1 hr.
1518
120 cp
20
3 hr.
1922
500 cp
25
6 hr.
2,000 cp
30
12 hr.
23 or higher
Advanced Pharmaceuticals: Some advanced

drugs, such as those found in the Artifacts of the
Ancients, require the Advanced Pharmaceuticals
Discipline feat. Characters without this feat suffer a
4 non-discipline penalty to craft checks.
Special: A character without a pharmacist kit takes a
4 penalty on Craft (pharmaceutical) checks.
A character with the Medical Expert feat gets a +2
bonus on all Craft (pharmaceutical) checks.
Craft (structural) (Int)

This skill allows a character to build wooden, concrete,
or metal structures from scratch, including bookcases,
desks, walls, houses, and so forth, and include such
handyman skills as plumbing, house painting, drywall,
laying cement, and building cabinets.
Structure
(Examples)
Raw
Materials
Craft
DC
Time
Simple (bookcase,
false wall)
30 cp
15
12 hr.
Moderate (catapult,
shed, house deck)
120 cp
20
24 hr.
Complex (bunker,
domed ceiling)
500 cp
25
60 hr.
Advanced (house)
2,000 cp
30
600 hr.
When building a structure from scratch, the

character describes the kind of structure he or she
wants to construct; then the Gamemaster decides if the
structure is simple, moderate, complex, or advanced in
scope and difficulty.
Special: A character without a mechanical tool kit
takes a 4 penalty on Craft (structural) checks.
all Craft (structural) checks.
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Knowledge (Int)
The following are some knowledge skills that exist in

this post-holocaust setting beyond those listed in d20
Modern.
Ancient Lore
This skill governs the knowledge of the culture,
civilization, and basic technologies employed by the
Ancients (who are all but gone from the face of the
Twisted Earth). A player whose character has this
skill can realistically play his character as having
the knowledge of what the Ancients did, how they
lived, etc. and are not subject to the same ignorance
as other survivors of the cataclysm. Note that this
does not mean the character knows how to operate
machines, fire weapons, or use Ancient technology,
it just means he has an understanding of what the
Ancients were about.
Mutant Lore
This skill assumes a great deal of experience with,
or against, mutated beings in the characters past. It
allows the character to identify, at first sight, obvious
mutations possessed by mutants and monsters. This
gives the character a better idea of what he is facing.
In addition, should a mutant use a non-obvious ability
(such as most mental mutations), the character may
make a Wis check (DC 20) to devise the nature of the
given power. With a successful check, the character
will know (by reputation) whether or not a creature is
safe to eat.
Technology
This skill indicates that the character has some lifelong
experience with technological devices, and thus a
basic understanding of how such items work through
logic. A character with this skill understands the
general use of many advanced items, allowing for a
better chance at figuring out an items function. This
skill allows the character a better chance at figuring
out things, even things which he has never seen before,
if they are of a technological nature (for instance, he
may not know how to operate a gravity car, but he
knows it is a vehicle and thus it must have a power
source, steering column, controls, etc).
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This skill represents knowledge of the numerous

factions, cities, locations, and legends of the postapocalyptic Earth of Darwins World, commonly
known as the Twisted Earth.
When appropriate, this skill can provide a +2
synergy bonus to the Diplomacy or Navigation checks
(see Skill Synergy). For example, negotiating with a
known post fall faction or navigating around a raider
infested area.
Post Apocalyptic Languages
So many years after the fall of civilization, a number

of offshoot dialects and entirely new languages have
developed in the world. The most common languages
employed, in the Twisted Earth, include:
Ancient
Ancient is the forgotten language of the Ancients, the
tongue employed by the citizens of America before it
fell to nuclear war. This language is actually quite rare
now in Darwins World, for there are few communities
remaining who have carried the language on, unbroken
(those that do and fail generally end up creating their
own version of Gutter Talk instead; see below). Some
groups (such as shelter-folk or dome-dwellers) may
indeed know this language (and this language alone),
however. Ancient is a very useful language, for it
allows a character to understand the road signs, street
signs, Arcanum, markings, etc. left by the Ancients in
their numerous ruins.
Gutter Talk
Gutter Talk is closely related to Ancient, and is a
preserved form of that speech that has been distorted
over time. Various words, for instance, are replaced
by the sounds they make (for example, the word car
may now be vroom, or helicopter might be chop
chop), and sentence structuring generally has no rules
or organization.
Trade
Trade is a language that has spread throughout the
wasteland as a universal code of the merchants
who ply the caravan routes, mainly developed
to communicate warnings of dangers, raiders,
inhospitable communities, etc. A special code of
markings and runes is used to convey thoughts
in written form (much like old hobo code), while
gestures and slang phrases (which sometimes vary
from region to region) are also prevalent. Major trade
organizations (such as the Clean Water Clan, Far
Traders, Cartel, etc) may have their own variations of
this code for secret uses.
Unislang.
Unislang is the true common tongue in the
wasteland, a mix of English, evolved slang, and simple
hand gestures. It is much like Trade. Unislang,
however, can be highly dialectic, with wild variations
being a widespread phenomenon. Universally
understood symbols are used to represent ideas or
signs (much like cuneiform, or basic picture writing),
often as simple as drawing the image of a monster in
the area to warn off others. Though the wasteland is
seldom a place known for brotherhood, it is generally
accepted that those who know Unislang should and
will leave markings for others in the know to avoid
walking into hostile territory or dangerous regions.

The following is a brief listing of some of the most
common phrases and colorful words of Unislang, the
universal banter of the Twisted Earths many varied
peoples.
Amazons - female raiders or xenophobes who either
hate men or fear them
Ancients - the mythical, deified, and sometimes
demonized inhabitants of Earth before the Fall
Breeder - anyone (male or female) capable of
breeding
Brethren - militant mutants or cultists who seek to
destroy all remnants of the past
Broken Ones - mutants, specifically those with
physical deformities
Bronze - someone bringing law and order to the
wasteland; usually a law-enforcing member of a
community but sometimes a solitary wanderer with
a self-styled vision
Corium - melted graphite, uranium fuel, and metal
from a nuclear core meltdown; often hangs like
stalactites in the melted core chamber; valued in the
wastes because it is often used as money
Domes - biodomes, legendary sealed environment
shelters where pure strain humans are said to hide
Freak - a mutant with mental powers
Furniture - a woman
Gangers - sometimes raiders, but more often just
loose gangs in the urban ruins
Ghoul - any cannibalistic mutant or creature
Graveyard - a ruined city of the Ancients
Grub - a child or something to eat
Gutter Talk - the language of those who have tried to
preserve the language and customs of the Ancients,
but who have fallen short in one way or another
Lost, The - mutants
Mech - a person who knows how to fix machines
Meds - any kind of medicine, though usually used to
refer to narcotics
Mink - a particularly beautiful but deadly female
Mutant - any mutated being
Necropolis - a ruined city
Phantom - a loner or wanderer who does good for
the common people
Psionic - a mutant with mind powers
Purist - non-mutants, those of original human stock,
usually xenophobic but sometimes tyrannical and
racist
Raiders - any kind of brigand, bandit, or highway
road gang
Razors - particularly vicious or malevolent gangers

Retard - disdainful term for a mutant with mental
powers
Ruin - a ruined city
Sandwalker a wandering storyteller; usually a
merchant or trader (but not always)
Scag - wasteland scum; typically raiders or
community outcasts
Scav - a wanderer who lives by scavenging; usually
a killer and thief
Stick - a gun, especially a rifle
Terminals - mutants, specifically mutants who are
unintelligent or cannibalistic
Toilet Paper - disdainful term for the paper money
of the Ancients
Trade - a language used by merchants, full of secret
codes and pictograms
Trash - a ganger, bandit, or loner with poor potential
and little value
Tribal - a member of any primitive or savage tribe
Twisted Earth a common nickname for the planet
Ultraviolence - violent acts, usually undertaken for
fun by miscreants and gangers
Unislang - the universal language used to
communicate in Darwins World
Vault - a hidden shelter for Ancients; also a term for
a great cache or trove
Wildcat - an insane or particularly feisty female
Xenophobes - communities of people who shun the
outside world, for whatever reason
Yellow Eye - a generic term used to refer to mutants
Repair (Int)
Trained Only
Few skills in the post apocalyptic setting are
more important than repair. With limited resources
and technical knowledge, creation of machines and
electronics is rare. More often than not, characters
will need to repair salvaged weapons, vehicles, and
other technical equipment.
Check: Most Repair checks are made to fix complex
electronic or mechanical devices. The GM sets the
DC. In general, simple repairs have a DC of 10 to 15
and require no more than a few minutes to accomplish.
More complex repair work has a DC of 20 or higher
and can require an hour or more to complete. Making
repairs also involves a monetary cost when spare parts
or new components are needed. If the GM decides
this isnt necessary for the type of repair the character
is attempting, then no Raw Materials are required. A
successful Repair check restores 2d6 points.
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Raw
Materials
Repair /
Salvage
DC
Time
Simple (tool,
simple weapon)
20 cp
10
1 min.
Moderate
(mechanical
or electronic
component)
55 cp
15
10 min.
Complex
(mechanical or
electronic device)
120 cp
20
1 hr.
Advanced (cuttingedge mechanical or

electronic device)
275 cp
25
10 hr.
Futuristic
(android brain,
power armor)
650 cp
30
10 hr.
Repair Task
(Example)
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Salvaging: Raw Materials are often hard to come

buy. Often, characters will come upon artifacts of
ancient technology that are not able to be repaired.
When this occurs, its a good idea to salvage what is
possible from the damaged object. These parts and
components can be later used to Repair or even Craft
objects.
Salvaging works similar to repairing. The
maximum raw materials a character can salvage
from an object is the same as it costs to repair it. For
example, a complex device could recover 120 cp in
raw materials that can be used later to repair another
object. The amount that is actually salvaged is
determined by the characters Repair check. The DC
to completely salvage an object is equal to the DC to
Repair the object. If the character fails to salvage the
maximum amount, he receives the amount his Repair
check dictates. For example, a Repair check of 17
on a complex object would recover 55 cp (moderate
level) worth of raw materials.
Optional Rule: While it requires additional book
keeping, game masters might consider restricting the
usage of salvaged materials by type and only allow
materials to be used to Repair objects of the next
higher type. For example, moderate materials can
be used to repair complex objects but not advanced
objects.
Jury-Rig: A character can choose to attempt juryrigged, or temporary, repairs. Doing this requires no
Raw Materials, reduces the Repair check DC by 5,
and allows the character to make the checks in as little
as a full-round action. However, a jury-rigged repair
can only fix a single problem with a check, and the
temporary repair only lasts until the end of the current
scene or encounter. The jury-rigged object must be
fully repaired, or salvaged, thereafter.

A character can also use jury-rig to hot-wire a car or
jump-start an engine or electronic device. The DC for
this is at least 15, and it can be higher depending on
the presence of security devices.
The jury-rig application of the Repair skill can be
used untrained.
Try Again?: Yes, though in some specific cases,
the GM may decide that a critical failure on a Repair
check has negative ramifications that prevent repeated
checks.
Special: A character can take 10 on a repair check,
or he can take 20 on a Repair check by doubling
the repair time. When making a Repair check to
accomplish a jury-rig repair, a character cant take 20.
Repair requires an electrical tool kit, a mechanical
tool kit, or a multipurpose tool, depending on the task.
If the character does not have the appropriate tools, he
or she takes a 4 penalty on the check.
Craft (mechanical) or Craft (electronic) can provide
a +2 synergy bonus on Repair checks made for
mechanical or electronic devices (see Skill Synergy).
A character with the Gearhead feat and at least 1
rank in this skill gets a +2 bonus on all Repair checks.
Time: See the table for guidelines. A character can
make a jury-rig repair as a full-round action, but the
work only lasts until the end of the current encounter.
GENERAL
FEATS
The following are new or
revised general feats.
Armed to the Teeth
You can fight two-handed with ranged and melee

weapons
Prerequisite: Two-Weapon Fighting.
Benefit: When you fight with two weapons, you
can use a ranged weapon in one hand and a melee
weapon in the other hand.
Normal: To gain the benefit of the Two-Weapon
fighting feat, your weapons must both be ranged or
melee weapons.
Bulls Eye
Your attacks with ranged weapons are especially

deadly.
Prerequisites: Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot.
Benefit: When you threaten a critical hit with a
ranged weapon, you may spend an Action Point to
automatically confirm the critical.
Concubine
You were at one time the concubine, slave, or mistress

of a powerful desert raider or community leader.
While in his harem, you were trained in the arts of
entertainment and artistic performance.
Prerequisite: Charisma 13.
Benefit: You gain a +4 bonus to all Perform checks
and a +2 bonus to Bluff and Diplomacy checks when
related to seduction attempts.
Note: Concubine is a feat that means a character
was more than a mere love-slave, but someone
groomed as a performer for the entertainment of raider
chiefs, merchants, etc. The Perform bonus is meant to
cover many types of entertainment, from musicianship
to dance, from poetry to whatever might please ones
next master(s). As such it, can apply to both male and
female characters of all ages.
Filthy
Your diet and poor hygiene have made you resistant to

poison and disease.
Prerequisite: Charisma 9 or below.
Benefit: You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to all
saves against poison and disease.
Forsaken
You were abandoned as a child and left to die. Against

all odds you managed to survive on your own in an
unbelievably hostile world, gaining new abilities and
insights. You now operate best when left alone.
Prerequisite: Characters of a Feral background
only.
Benefit: The character receives a +2 competence
bonus to Hide, Listen, and Survival checks.
You lose these benefits, however, when
working in a group of four or more.
Special: You can only take this feat
at 1st level.
Futuristic Firearm
Proficiency
You are proficient with Futuristic

weapons such as lasers, mass drivers,
and particle beams.
Prerequisite: Advanced
Technology.
Benefit: You can fire futuristic weapons
without penalty.
Normal: Characters without this
feat take a 4 penalty on attack
rolls with futuristic weapons.
Special: This feat may be
used in place of Personal
Firearm Proficiency as a
prerequisite for other firearm
related feats such as Advanced Firearm Proficiency.

Some futuristic exotic weapons, such as Laser
Cannons, require the Exotic Firearms Proficiency as
well.
Gladiator
Youve spent some time as a gladiator in the pits

of one slave city or another, and have become
accustomed to fighting against armored opponents.
Prerequisite: Wisdom 13, Alertness.
Benefit: You receive a +2 bonus to attack rolls when
fighting an opponent in medium or heavy armor.
Hard-Eyed
With a gun in your hand, you have an especially

dangerous aspect.
Prerequisites: Charisma 13, Intimidate 4 ranks.
Benefit: You gain a +5 circumstance bonus on
Intimidate checks when aiming a firearm at the target
of your check. The target must be within 30 feet, and
must be able to see you (and your firearm). The target
does not have to be flat-footed.
This bonus does not stack with the +2 circumstance
bonus your GM might grant for threatening the target
with a gun, but it can stack with other circumstance
bonuses.
Normal: Circumstances such as holding a gun on a
flat-footed opponent normally grant a +2 circumstance
bonus.
High Ready
You are accustomed to moving with your gun at the

ready, shifting your aim with your sight.
Prerequisite: Dexterity 13, Reactive Shooter.
Benefit: You can use the Reactive Shooter feat
with a Large weapon. To do so, you must first
have stated that you are at the high ready
position (on your feet, with your
weapon shouldered, ready to fire).
You can only move at half speed
while prepared in this manner.
Improved Autofire
You lay down withering barrages

of autofire with deadly precision.
Prerequisites: Personal firearms
Proficiency, Advanced Firearms Proficiency.
Benefit: When you use autofire, the DC for
the Reflex save is increased by +5.
Normal: When you use autofire,
every creature within the
targeted 10-foot-by-10-foot
area must make a Reflex
save (DC 15) to avoid
being hit.
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Improved Dead Aim
Your skill with ranged weapons is unmatched.

Prerequisites: Wisdom 13, Far Shot, Dead Aim.
Benefit: The circumstance bonus on attack rolls
granted by the Dead Aim feat increases from +2 to +3.
Intimidating Strength
You can intimated and strike fear into others with your
physique alone.
Prerequisites: Strength 15, Intimidate 4 ranks.
Benefit: You can use you Strength modifier instead
of your Charisma modifier on Intimidate checks and
fear causing abilities such as Frightful Presence, Blood
Thirsty Cry, Horrifying Kill, and Death Cry.
Intuitive Mechanic
You have a natural knack for fixing mechanical

devices.
Prerequisite: Intelligence 15
Benefit: Repair is considered a class skill for you.
In addition, you may always take 10 on Repair checks,
even if stress and distractions would normally prevent
you from doing so.
Juju Doctor
You are an expert in herbal medicine and treatments.

Not only do you know how to use Juju, but you also
understand the tools of the trade and how to find them
in the wild. Given enough time to search, you can
procure enough natural ingredients to build a Juju kit.
Prerequisite: Treat Injury 4 ranks, Survival 4 ranks.
Benefit: You can build a Juju kit by simply
searching the wilderness for herbs and other natural
ingredients. Finding the ingredients requires a Search
check (DC 15) and takes 1d6 hours.
Leadership
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You are a natural leader who attracts followers and

brings them under your command.
Prerequisites: The character must be at least 6th
level.
Benefits: Having this feat enables you to attract
loyal companions and devoted followers, subordinates
who assist you. See Table: Leadership for what types
and numbers of cohorts and followers you can recruit.
Leadership Score: Your Leadership score is equal
to your level plus any Charisma modifier. In order to
take into account negative Charisma modifiers, Table:
Leadership allows for very low Leadership scores, but
you must still be 6th level or higher in order to gain
the Leadership feat and thus attract a cohort. Outside
factors can affect a characters Leadership score, as
detailed in Table: Leadership Modifiers.
Cohort Level: You can attract a cohort of up to this
level. Regardless of your Leadership score, you cant
recruit a cohort of a level higher than this.

Number of Followers by Level: You can lead up to
the indicated number of characters of each level.
Followers: You attract followers whose allegiances
are the same as your own. These followers have gear
appropriate to NPCs of their level. As your Leadership
score increases, you can attract more followers. If your
Leadership score decreases, followers may desert.
Replacing Cohorts and Followers: If you lose a
cohort or followers, you can generally replace them,
according to your current Leadership score. It takes
time (1d4 months) to recruit replacements. If you are
to blame for the deaths of the cohort or followers, it
takes extra time to replace them, up to a full year. Note
that you also pick up a reputation of failure, which
decreases your Leadership score.
Market
You have an established business practice in a

particular location. Pick one large city or small region
for the focus of this feat.
Prerequisite: Profession (trader) 2 ranks.
Benefit: When trading in the chosen area, you can
sell goods for 10% more and buy for 10% less then
market value.
Special: This feat can be combined with the Silver
Tongue feat or with Trader abilities such as Going
Once, Going Twice.
PowerED Armor Operation
You are proficient at piloting power armor.

Prerequisite: Pilot 4 ranks, Advanced Technology
Benefit: You take no penalty on Piloting checks or
attack rolls when operating power armor.
Normal: Characters without this feat take a 4
penalty on Pilot checks when operating power armor.
Quick Treatment
Sometimes the casualties start to mount, and theres

not enough time to save everyone. You are trained
to administer medical treatment in a frenzied but
effective way, allowing you to save lives quickly.
Perquisite: Treat Injury 5 ranks.
Benefit: If you successfully stabilize a dying patient,
you may move to another and make an additional
stabilizing attempt. You may continue making
stabilizing attempts until you fail a check or cannot
move anymore.
Radiation Sense
You have the ability to literally sense the presence of

significantly harmful radiation. This is not so much a
physical senselike hearing or seeingbut rather an
ability to notice the telltale signs: a lack of life in area,
a sickness in vegetation, a subtle ionizing glow not
TABLE 1-27: LEADERSHIP

Leadership
Score
1 or less
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25+
Cohort
Level
1st
2nd
3rd
3rd
4th
5th
5th
6th
7th
7th
8th
9th
10th
10th
11th
12th
12th
13th
14th
15th
15th
16th
17th
17th
-- Number of Followers by Level -1st

2nd
3rd
5
6
8
10
1
15
1
20
2
1
25
2
1
30
3
1
35
3
1
40
4
2
50
5
3
60
6
3
75
7
4
90
9
5
110
11
6
135
13
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TABLE 1-28: GENERAL LEADERSHIP MODIFIERS

The Leader Has a Reputation for
Great prestige
Fairness and generosity
Special power
Failure
Aloofness
Cruelty
Cohort-Only Leadership Modifiers
The Leader
Has a animal partner
Recruits a cohort of a different alignment
Caused the death of a cohort
*Cumulative per cohort killed.
Follower-Only Leadership Modifiers
The Leader
Has a stronghold or base of operations
Moves around a lot
Caused the death of other followers
Leadership Modifier
+2
+1
+1
-1
-1
-2
Leadership Modifier
-2 animal companion
-1
-2*
Leadership Modifier
+2 guildhouse, and so on
-1
-1
4th
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
5th
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
6th
1
1
1
1
2
noticed by others, etc.

Benefit: You can automatically
detect irradiated areas before
entering them. This ability is
constantly in effect. You can also
make a Survival skill check (DC
15) to identify the exact level of
radiation.
Normal: Characters without this
feat cannot detect radiation unless
they have a radiation detection
device.
Reactive Shooter
You react instantly with a firearm.

Prerequisite: Dexterity 13.
Benefit: If you have a Mediumsize or smaller ranged weapon in
hand, you may act in the surprise
round even if you are surprised.
You roll initiative as though you
were not surprised. The only action
you may take in the surprise round,
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however, is a single ranged attack with the weapon in

your hand. You make this attack at your highest attack
bonus, but you suffer an -5 penalty on the attack.
You are still considered flat-footed during the
surprise round.
Normal: If you are surprised at the beginning
of combat, you cannot take any actions during the
surprise round.
Rip a Clip
You can discharge a full clip of ammunition in

seconds.
Prerequisite: Double Tap.
Benefit: This feat is similar to Cleave but applies
to ranged weapons rather than melee weapons. When
your firearm attack drops your opponent, you may
take an additional attack on another target within your
line of sight. You may not Rip a Clip when bursting or
strafing.
Room-Broom
You excel at firing guns at close quarters.

Prerequisite: Point Blank Shot.
Benefit: A character with this feat can attack with a
ranged weapon in a threatened area and not provoke
an attack of opportunity.
Suppressive Fire
You can lay down a barrage of gunfire, giving you the

chance to hit your opponent even when its not your
turn.
Prerequisites: Wisdom 13, Personal Firearms
Proficiency.
Benefit: When you attack a target that is at least 30
feet away with a semiautomatic or automatic firearm,
you threaten the targets square until your next action.
(If using autofire, you threaten the targeted 10-footby-10-foot area). You may make ranged attacks of
opportunity into that square.
Suppressive fire shoots five bullets (in addition
to the bullets fired in your attack and any attack of
opportunity), and can only be used if the weapon has
five bullets in it.
Troglodyte
Benefit: You can use a shield and suffer only the

standard penalties.
Normal: A character without this feat, who is using
a shield with which he or she is not proficient, suffers
the shields armor check penalty on attack rolls and on
all skill checks that involve moving, including Ride.
You grew up in a fallout shelter or other underground

community and have developed keenalmost
supernormalinstincts about underground
environments.
Benefit: You can intuitively determine your precise
underground depth as naturally as sensing which
way is up. In addition, you receive a +4 competence
bonus on Spot checks to notice weakened stonework,
dangerous cave or tunnel features, or the presence of
poisonous (or flammable) gas pockets in the area.
Special: You can only take this feat at 1st level.
Silver Tongue
Vulture
Shield Proficiency
You have developed a knack when it comes to

convincing others of the value of your basic trade
goods.
Prerequisite: Charisma 13.
Benefit: When trading, you sell goods for 10% more
and buy for 10% less than market value.
Special: This feat can be combined with the Market
feat or with Trader abilities such as Going Once,
Going Twice.
Super-Charismatic
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with groups of 10 or more people. On an individual

basis, people can see right through you,.
Special: This bonus applies not only to Charisma
checks, but also when determining your total
Leadership score with the Leadership feat.
Either youre the post-holocaust version of Hitler or

else the world is full of gullible moronsperhaps a
bit of both. In either case, you have a certain talent for
grabbing the attention of crowds and making them see
your point of view.
Benefit: Whether as a merchant or leader, your
Charisma modifier is doubled when you are dealing
You are an expert at finding things that others often

overlookor are too busy to notice. You have become
the ultimate scavenger.
Prerequisite: Wisdom 13.
Benefit: You receive a +4 bonus to Search checks.
TECHNOLOGY
FEATS
In post-apocalyptic settings,
technology levels vary

greatly. Some characters and
groups will be little more than
animalistic humanoids or primitive tribesmen, while
others might possess an understanding of advanced
ancient technologies. The feats described below are
designed to manage the technology levels of post-
apocalyptic characters. These feats by themselves

do not grant additional abilities, but rather open up
opportunities to learn or use technology.
The restrictions outlined below supersede any class
or occupation benefits. If a class or occupation grants
a restricted class skill or ability, the character ignores
those benefits until he or she possesses the proper
technology feat that allows access to it.
Technology Feats may never be taken at first level.
They are granted by a characters background. Only
characters of third level or higher may take additional
technology feats, and then only if their background
allows it.
Primitive Technology
A character with the Primitive Technology feat has the

ability to understand primitive technologies. Examples
include archaic weapons, blacksmithing, carpentry,
herbal medicines, leatherworking, and stonemasonry.
Benefits: A character with this feat may learn the
following Craft skills: Pharmaceutical, Structural
and Visual Arts. He may also learn the following
Knowledge skills: Civics, Current Events, Mutant
Lore, Tactics, Theology, Reading, and Writing. The
character may also learn the Treat Injury skill with
primitive natural medicines (Juju), but only Long Term
Care, Restore Hit Points, Revive Character, Stabilize
Dying Character, and Treat Poison.
A character with this feat is restricted from advanced
forms of Craft (Chemical, Electronics, etc.) and
Knowledge (History, Physical Sciences, etc.) and the
following skills: Computer Use, Demolitions, Disable
Device, Forgery, Investigate, Pilot, Repair, and
Research.
Special: This feat does not make any skill a class
skill. It only allows access to them.
The following list of feats requires Primitive
Technology as a prerequisite: Archaic Weapons
Proficiency, Armor Proficiency (Medium and Heavy),
and Exotic Melee Weapon Proficiency.
Post-Apocalyptic Technology
A character with the Post-Apocalyptic Technology

feat has the ability to understand some modern
technologies. Examples include: electronics,
geography, mechanics, modern firearms, and physical
sciences. This does not mean the character can learn
how to create such technologies, but it does mean he
may learn how to use or repair them.
Prerequisite: Primitive Technology
Benefits: A character with this feat may learn the
following Craft skills: Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and
Structural. She may also learn any Knowledge skill as
well as Computer Use, Demolitions, Disable Device,
Forgery, Investigate, Pilot, Repair, and Research.
Lastly, the character may use Treat Injury to its full
extent. The character is restricted from learning the
following Crafts: Electronics and Mechanics.

The following list of feats requires Post Apocalyptic
Technology as a prerequisite: Exotic Firearms
Proficiency, Personal Firearms Proficiency, Surface
Vehicle Operation, and Surgery
Advanced Technology
A character with the Advanced Technology feat

has the ability to understand some of the advanced
technologies of the Ancients. He can even learn to
create such technologies given sufficient training and
resources.
Prerequisite: Post-Apocalyptic Technology
Benefits: All skills are available to a character with
this feat.
The following list of feats requires Advanced
Technology as a prerequisite: Futuristic Firearms
Proficiency, Advanced Vehicle Operation, and Aircraft
Operation.
TECHNOLOGY
CRAFT
FEATS
The following feats represent
various technological
disciplines that characters
may use in conjunction with the
Craft skill. The feats are designed to control access to
the broad range of advanced technologies left behind
by the Ancients. Characters can still attempt to Craft
items without the respective discipline, but they do
so at a penalty. Areas not covered by the following
feats are considered broad enough (or sufficiently
unthreatening to game balance) that no discipline
feat is required, and crafting attempts are made at no
penalty.
Modern Aircraft Discipline
This discipline represents a focus on modern aircraft.

Prerequisite: Craft (Mechanical) 10 ranks,
Knowledge (Physical Sciences) 6 ranks, Knowledge
(Technology) 6 ranks.
Benefits: A character can craft aircraft found in the
d20 Modern book at no penalty.
Normal: Characters attempting to craft aircraft
without this feat suffer a 4 penalty to their skill
checks.
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Modern Firearms Discipline
This discipline represents a focus on modern firearms

such as handguns, longarms, and heavy weapons, as
well as the ammunitions used by such weapons.
Knowledge (Technology) 4 ranks, Knowledge
(Physical Sciences) 4 ranks.
Benefits: You can craft firearms found in the d20
Modern and Darwins World books at no penalty.
Normal: Characters attempting to craft firearms
checks.
Modern Vehicles Discipline
The discipline represents a focus on modern surface

vehicles such as cars, trucks, boats, and tracked
vehicles.
Benefits: A character with this discipline can craft
surface vehicles found in the d20 Modern and
Darwins World books at no penalty.
Normal: Characters attempting to craft surface
vehicles without this feat suffer a 4 penalty to their
skill checks.
Advanced Armor Discipline
This discipline represents a focus on advanced armor

such as power armor.
Prerequisite: Advanced Electronics Discipline,
Craft (Electronics) 13 ranks, Craft (Mechanical)
13 ranks, Knowledge (Physical Sciences) 6 ranks,
Knowledge (Technology) 10 ranks.
power armor found in Artifacts of the Ancients.
Normal: Characters attempting to craft advanced
armor without this feat suffer a 4 penalty to their skill
checks.
Advanced Electronics Discipline
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This discipline represents a focus on advanced

electronics found in Artifacts of the Ancients (gizmos).
Prerequisite: Craft (Electronics) 8 ranks,
advanced electronics. This is a broad topic, but it
includes computers, communications devices, and
gizmos found in Artifacts of the Ancients. This does
not include moderate to simple electronics (craft DC
20 or below) such as electronic locks, timers, etc, as
those objects do not require a discipline feat to create.

electronics without this feat suffer a 4 penalty to their
skill checks.
Special: This feat also allows the crafting of
advanced medical devices found in Artifacts of the
Ancients, but requires the assistance of a Medicine
Man.
Advanced Pharmaceutical
Discipline
This discipline represents a focus on drugs to a level

beyond their basic application as treatments for
illnesses and disease.
Prerequisite: Craft (Pharmaceutical) 13 ranks,
Knowledge (Earth and Life Sciences) 8 ranks,
Knowledge (Technology) 8 ranks, Treat Injury 10
ranks.
drugs found in Artifacts of the Ancients.
Normal: Characters attempting to craft drugs
checks.
Advanced Weapons Discipline
The discipline represents a focus on advanced

weapons such energy, particle, and mass driver
weapons, as well as advanced explosives.
Prerequisite: Advanced Electronics Discipline,
Craft (Electronics) 13 ranks, Craft (Mechanical)
13 ranks, Knowledge (Physical Sciences) 6 ranks,
Knowledge (Technology) 10 ranks
advanced weapons found in Artifacts of the Ancients.
weapons without this feat suffer a 4 penalty to their
skill checks.
CHAPTER 2:
MUTANTS &
MUTATIONS
Is there anything you can do,
DOCTOR, I mean, seeing as how
youve lost over 200 million patients?
-Lisa, The Omega Man
I was a dog, but because I was really
good, they moved me up to human
being status.
-Booga, Tank Girl
The Unity will bring above the master
race. Master! One able to survive,
or even thrive, in the wasteland. As
long as there will be differences, we
will tear ourselves apart fighting each
other. We need one race! Race! Race!
One goal! Goal! Goal! One people... to
move forward to our destiny. Destiny.
- The Master, Fallout
Characters and creatures in the
scarred and ravaged landscape of Darwins World

are survivorssurvivors that have been tempered
and altered over generations through exposure to
gamma and ultraviolet radiation, insidious poisons
and chemicals, into creatures of a nature previously
unknown.
These survivors have, for the most part, come to
adapt to this devastated world through mutations
of their own genes. The wars that destroyed
mankind left behind massive amounts of radiation
and chemicals, which facilitated the mutation of
all living things; plants, animals, and humans
alike are forever changed and no longer resemble
what they once were. Radiation has quickened the
process of evolution, and the resulting mutations
range from simple birth defects to bizarre and
hideous deformities. The real survivors, however,
are those whose mutations have provided them
with some kind of advantage, such as extra defense
(for example, a shell or carapace) or a natural
weapon (venom, for instance).
Most characters in Darwins World are children
of the aftermathchanged in some manner,
obvious or subtle, physical or mental. Each and
every character is unique, having adapted to the
harsh environment of this wasteland in his or her
own fashion
WHAT IS A
MUTATION?
Mutation is a complex
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phenomenon. As a rule,
mutation occurs whenever
DNA is not perfectly
duplicated. This process
occurs almost exclusively as a fetus develops in the
womb. A single cell (a fertilized egg), duplicates its
DNA and divides into two identical cells in a process
known as mitosis. These duplicate cells in turn
replicate themselves, and those replicates do the same,
and on and on, until a full-fledged organism develops.
The first replications produce cells that are identical to
one another, but after a certain point (say, after a dozen
or so splits), the cells begin to specialize in their tasks.
The genes of the cell, whose codes tell the cell what
to do, dictate these tasks. For example, a genetic
code might dictate that a single cell joins millions of
others of its kind to help create an eye, or a lung, or
a liver. These programmed cells, in turn, divide and
multiply, and over several months (at least for human
embryos) the cells refine their specializations to such a
degree that a human child takes form.
The production and reproduction of the human
cellular structure is a delicate process fraught with
potential problems, from mutated genes to damaged
chromosomes. Cells can fail to fully divide, or genes
can fail to come through with their genetic orders.
Without checks and balances, these problems would
result in a deformed child, but the body usually
recognizes the fault early in the process (typically
within the first few weeks of pregnancy) and naturally
aborts the fetus. In some cases, however, the process
fails to abort, and a mutated birth results.
Whenever cells fail to replicate exactly as the

genetic codes of the species dictate, a mutant
is born. In humans, genetic mutation typically
results in some form of physical retardation.
Cystic fibrosis, chorea, Downs syndrome,
muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, anemia, and even
color-blindness are all conditions resulting from DNA
replication errors that manage to survive through to
birth.
Most genetic mutations do not last, however, and are
usually restricted to the one mutant in question. The
reasons are mainly social and cultural in nature
mutants, no matter how polite one wishes to be
about it, do not typically breed. Their mental
and/or physical differences generally make them
the least ideal selections for a mate, and since
reproductive capabilities are often susceptible
to damage by mutation (perhaps Natures way
of ensuring the mutation does not continue in the
species), their chances of producing offspring are
greatly reduced. As a result, the mutated genetics
of the individual typically die with him and are not
passed on to the next generation.
All this changes in the environment of Darwins
World. Here, genetic mutation is far more common
due to one prevalent factor: mutagens in the
environment. The use of chemicals in both industry
and warfare was widespread during the fall of the
Ancients, and many of those chemicals contaminated
the environment to such an extent that errors in DNA
replication began to occur. Such is the legacy of the
Ancients: contamination and mutation.
Radiation is another factor. Nuclear detonations,
fallout, and ultraviolet sources are all known to affect
living creatures in much the same way as chemical
contamination, but radiation has an added feature:
it acts as a kind of accelerator, promoting genetic
instability.
With a larger percentage of the population suffering
from mutation, mutated genes are no longer the
exception, but the rule. As a result, mutated genes
are now shared amongst the population and are being
passed along by those few mutants still capable of
breeding.
The existence of advanced mutations is actually
evidence of the evolutionary process in action. What
starts as stray mutation, expected to discontinue and
not contribute to the gene pool, manages not only to
exist but to thrive, resulting in the mutation becoming
an evolutionary trait. Over successive generations,
what was once, for example, a useless additional
tentacle of flesh and tissue becomes a functional and
usable limb. Creatures who have multiple generations
of mutant ancestors will likely have mutations of
a more advanced and useful nature. Those whose
ancestors mutated more recently will have mutations
still in the early stages of evolution, less developed
and advanced.
THE MUTANT
TEMPLATE
The Mutant template can be
added to any creature. The
mutant is not a traditional
d20 template. There is no list
of static features. The creature type does not change.
The mutant template simply adds new elements to the
existing creature.
Although mutant characters will gain extraordinary
new abilities, they will also be subject to debilitating
defects. The challenge rating or effective character
level does not change, as the mutations and defects are
designed to offset one another.
A mutant creature uses all the base creatures
statistics and special abilities except for those affected
by mutations or defects.
Special Qualities
A mutant creature retains all the special qualities of the
base creatures and gains the following:
Mutations: The mutant creature gains three
mutations.
Defects: The mutant creature gains three defects.
Medical Incompatibility: The mutant is changed
and thus does not benefit as easily from medicines
designed for the base creature. For example, a mutated
human might not take well to a drug designed for
normal humans. A mutant must make a Fortitude save
(DC 15) or suffer a random effect from the Medical
Incompatibility table. Some mutations and feats (such
as the Super Mutant feat) modify this save.
CHOOSING
MUTATIONS
Each mutant character has up to three mutations and
three defects. Mutations and defects may be taken

more then once. This represents a more advanced level
of the particular mutation or defect. If a player chooses
a mutation or defect more than once, the effects of the
mutation or defect increase proportionately.
If a player chooses a mutation more than once,
he must also choose a defect more than once. For
example, if a player chooses two mutations, taking one
twice, he must also choose no more than two defects,
taking one of them twice.
A player may choose to have less than three
mutations. Doing so also allows him to choose fewer
defects. In short, a character must have the same
number of defects as mutations.
A character may also gain advanced mutations by
using the Mutation Advancement and Super Mutant
feats. In addition, he may also reduce the number of
defects using the Remove Defect feat. A character may
not choose to take fewer mutations and also take the
Super Mutant feat.

Below are three suggested methods for determining
character mutations, ranging from complete player
freedom to random generation.
Note: The Super Mutant feat cannot be used to
avoid harsher defects. The character must have a
defect that matches his most advanced mutation,
unless it is higher than his maximum defects (normally
3 unless the character chooses Remove Defect).
Method 1: Players Choice

The player chooses the mutations and defects he wants
using the guidelines above. This method offers players
a great deal of freedom, but GMs should be aware
that this allows players to minimize defects while
maximizing mutations. This can result in some game
imbalance if the players dont act responsibly. GMs
should evaluate all mutations and defects selected by
players to make sure they wont result in unbalanced
game play.
Method 2: Random Pool

Alternatively, the GM may wish to the have the player
choose mutations and defects from a random pool
of 7 mutations and 7 defects. This method is ideal
for GMs that want to add a little more realism and
make role-playing more challenging. To some extent,
this prevents players from minimizing defects and
maximizing mutations. The character must still use the
guidelines above.
Method 3: Random CHANCE

GMs can also choose to make characters roll
random mutations and defects. This method is only
appropriate for experienced players that prefer a
challenge. GMs should never force this system on
their players, as it will only result in disappointment
if the outcome is less than ideal. Occasionally this
method will produce incompatible results. Such results
should be re-rolled.
The following are some examples of choosing
mutations (using method 1).
Example 1: Ethan has created a new mutant
character named Cuff The Sickly. For his 3
mutations he chooses Adrenaline Control and Claws
x2. Since he chose Claws twice, he must also choose
a defect twice. He chooses Blindness and Hunchback
twice (thus reducing his speed by 10 feet and charisma
by 2).
Example 2: Ryan has created a new mutant character
named Razor Jaw. With his first level feats he
chooses the Super Mutant feat twice; thus, he has 5
mutations and 3 defects. For his mutations, he chooses
Dermal Spike Growth x3, Blindsight, and Increased
Movement. Since he chose Dermal Spike Growth
three times, he must also take a defect 3 times. He
chooses Blindness x3 and is thus completely blind.
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TABLE 2-1: MEDICINAL INCOMPATABILITY

D20
1
2
3
4-5
6-7
8-9
10-14
15-19
20
Effect
Death
Major nerve system damage
Brain damage
Nerve system damage
Muscular damage
Muscle spasms
Dizziness and nausea
Ineffective
Diluted effect
Example 3: Tom has created a new mutant character

named Opex. With his first level feats he chooses
the Super Mutant feat twice; thus, he has 5 mutations
and 3 defects. For his mutations, he chooses Neural
Mutation x5. Since he chose Neural Mutation five
times, he must take a defect 3 times (the maximum
number of defects). He chooses Sensitivity (cold) x3.
He now takes x4 damage to cold.
MUTATION
FEATS
Remove Defect
A mutant with this feat

represents the future of
humanity. Through natural selection, she has shed the
defects of previous generations. She is the next step in
human evolution, destined to wipe out lesser races as
Homo Sapiens did to the Neanderthal.
Benefit: This feat will remove one defect (or defect
level) from a character.
Special: This feat may only be taken at first level.
A player may take this feat multiple times to remove
additional defects.
Super Mutant
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A mutant with this feat is heavily mutated. Whether

through mutant parents or as a result of the
environment, he has more mutations than average.
Benefit: The mutant gains an additional mutation.
The same mutation may be selected more than once
(this advances the mutation a level). In addition, each
time this feat is taken, the mutant suffers a 2 penalty
to Medical Incompatibility checks.
Special: This feat may only be taken at first level. A
player may take this feat multiple times.
Initial Damage
Secondary Damage
Character is killed by the improper use of the chemical
Permanent paralysis
None
1 Int (permanent)
2d6 Con
1 Str (permanent)
Paralysis (2d6 hours)
1 Str (permanent)
2d6 Str
3d6 Dex
1d2 Str
1d2 Dex
1d2 Dex
Medicine has no effect
Normal effect is halved
Mutation Advancement
This feat does not represent a physical advancement

of the mutation, but rather an improvement through
training and discipline. A mutant with this feat has
learned to master her mutations and increase their
overall usefulness.
Benefit: This feat will advance a mutation one level,
as if the character had taken it multiple times. See
the Advancement section in the description of each
mutation for information on this effect.
Special: This feat may not be taken at first level. A
Defect Adaptation
A mutant with this feat has learned to minimize

the debilitating effects of one of his defects. This
represents his ability to adapt to the defect and thus
reduce its impact.
Benefit: This feat will remove one level of a defect
from a character. This feat may never be used to
remove a defect completely.
Special: This feat may not be taken at first level. A
MUTATIONS
Aberrant Horn
Development
The mutants hair and

bone growth has become
accelerated and pronounced on
the head area, and a pair of horns (or even antlers,
with advanced development) has grown on her head,
allowing her to make a gore attack.
Benefit: Mutant gains a natural weapon, allowing
her to make a gore attack for 1d6 damage.
Advancement: Each advancement of this mutation
increases the damage dice of the attack in the
following progression: 1d8, 2d6, and 2d8.
TABLE 2-2: RANDOM MUTATIONS

Mutation
d100
Pyrokinetic Pulse Generation
78
- 79
Radiation Immunity
80
- 81
Aberrant Horn Development
Regenerative Capability
82
- 83
Aberrant Endoskeletal Encasing
Respiratory Membrane
84
- 85
Abnormal Joint Flexibility
Sensitive Sight
86
- 87
Accelerated White Blood Cell Activity
Serrated Dental Development
88
- 89
Accumulated Resistance
Shriek
90
- 91
Acid Excretion Glands
10
- 10
Simian Deformity
92
- 93
Adrenaline Control
11
- 12
Skeletal Fortification
94
- 95
Additional Limb Development
13
- 13
Spontaneous Electric Charge Generation
96
- 96
Autism
14
- 14
Stench
97
- 98
Blindsight
15
- 16
Superior Kidney Development
99
- 100
Chameleon Epidermis
17
- 18
Claws
19
- 20
Complete Wing Development
21
- 21
Dermal Suction
22
- 23
Dermal Poison Sap
24
- 25
Dermal Spike Growth
26
- 27
Diurnal/Nocturnal
28
- 29
Dual Cerebellum
30
- 30
Dual Headed
31
- 32
Dwarfism
33
- 33
Elongation
34
- 35
Energy Immunity
36
- 37
Energy-Retaining Cell Structure
38
- 38
Enhanced Respiration
39
- 40
Epidermal Acid Enzymes
41
- 41
Expanded Optic Orbit
42
- 43
Extreme Resilience
44
- 45
Fragrance Development
46
- 47
Gamma-Ray Visual Sensitivity
48
- 49
Gigantism
50
- 50
Haemotoxin Sting
51
- 52
Hyper Olfactory
53
- 54
Increased Body Density
55
- 56
Increased Movement
57
- 58
Independent Cerebral Control
59
- 60
Interior Moisture Reservoir
61
- 62
Light Distortion Field
63
- 64
Multi-Faceted Eyes
65
- 65
Multiple Stomachs
66
- 67
Multiple Eyes
68
- 69
Neurotoxin Sting
70
- 71
Neural Mutation - Precognition
72
- 72
Neural Mutation - Telekinesis
73
- 73
Neural Mutation - Telepathy
74
- 74
Optic Emissions
75
- 75
Protective Dermal Development
76
- 77
Aberrant Endoskeletal
Encasing
This mutation is caused by an aggressive explosion

in the production of bone and cartilage between the
ribs of the mutants skeletal frame, creating a thick
and reflective bone shield encasing his vitals. This
growth is segmented so the spine will still allow a
good degree of flexibility.
Benefit: Mutant gains damage reduction of 3/against piercing and ballistic attacks.
increases the damage reduction against piercing and
ballistic attacks by 3 to a maximum of 15.
This mutation allows the mutant to alter her body

in some small manner by dislocating fingers, arms,
legs, etc. This allows an incredible degree of bodily
flexibility.
Benefit: Mutant gains a +2 bonus to Escape Artist,
Sleight of Hand, Tumble, and Climb checks. In
addition, the mutant gains a +2 bonus to grappling
attempts.
increases the bonuses by +2 to a maximum of +6.
Accelerated White Blood Cell

Activity
This mutation increases the mutants ability to heal

even the most extensive injuries.
Benefit: The mutant gains the ability to
spontaneously heal wounds (Fast Healing 2). This
healing ability is limited to wounds caused by
bludgeoning, ballistic, piercing, and slashing weapons.
Damage caused by heat, cold, electricity, acid, sonic or
energy weapons must heal normally.
increases the Fast Healing by 1 to a maximum of 5.
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The mutant has built up a resistance to various agents

(chemicals, poisons, drugs, and diseases).
Benefit: The mutant gains a +4 bonus to all
Fortitude saves against chemicals, poisons, drugs, and
diseases. This does not include radiation.
increases the bonus by +2 to a maximum of +8.
Special: This bonus also applies to Medical
Incompatibility checks.
The mutant has developed sub dermal glandsusually

either a development of the salivary glands in the
mouth or special sweat glands elsewhere on the
bodythat produce acidic enzymes. The mutant can
use these glands to squirt a stream of concentrated acid
a distance of up to ten feet.
Benefit: The mutant can make a ranged touch attack
up to 10 feet away using his base attack bonus. This
attack does 1d6+1 damage per character level (up to a
maximum of +10) and counts as an attack action. The
mutant cannot produce unlimited acid and may only
us this ability a number of times per day equal to her
Constitution modifier + 1 (minimum 1).
increases the damage dice by 1d6 to a maximum of
5d6.
Special: The acid loses potency quickly after
exposure to air, so it cannot be decanted or stored for
later use.
Adrenaline Control
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The mutant has developed a fine control over his

adrenal system, allowing him to exert and
extend himself at will. After the
adrenaline rush has passed, the
mutant must rest to recoup.
Benefit: The mutant can
trigger an adrenaline surge
that increases his speed, stamina,
strength, and pain tolerance. During
the rush, the mutant temporarily
gains a +4 to Strength and
Constitution and a 25% increase
to his base speed (rounded up to
the nearest 5 feet). The rush lasts
a number of rounds equal to 3 +
the mutants (newly improved)
Constitution modifier, but it
can be stopped voluntarily.
Triggering a rush is a free
action. After the rush, the
mutant is fatigued for one
hour and suffers a 2 to
Strength and Dexterity. A
mutant may trigger an adrenaline rush once per day.

allows the mutant to trigger an adrenaline rush one
additional time per day.
The mutant has developed an additional limb. This

limb may extend from any part of the mutants torso.
In most cases, the additional limb will be an arm,
tentacle, or similar tool-wielding limb. Less frequently,
it will be a limb that assists in locomotion.
Benefit: The mutant gains an additional limb.
An additional arm grants the mutant an additional
attack whenever the full attack option is used in
combat. If the mutant has natural attacks (claws),
secondary attacks are made at 5. If the mutant uses
weapons in his extra hand(s), his primary attack is at
6 and all secondary attacks are at 10. Feats such
as Multiattack and Multiweapon Fighting can reduce
these penalties.
grants the mutant an additional limb. It is possible for
a mutant to have both extra arms and extra legs. Each
additional arm grants the mutant an additional attack
whenever the full attack option is used in combat.
Each additional leg increases the mutants base move
by 5 feet and adds +2 to Balance checks.
Special: This mutation can only be advanced at first
level. Also, the mutant cannot wear armor unless it is
specifically designed to fit him.
Note: If the GM wants to determine the limb type
randomly, roll 1d6. A roll of 1 to 4 is an arm and 5-6
is a leg.
Autism
The mutant is autistic, suffering from a rare type of

mental retardation that has remarkable side effects
effects that generally defy rational explanation.
Benefit: The mutant rolls 1d6 each time he
makes an Intelligence-based skill check. On a
roll of 14, he receives no bonus (other than
that given by his regular ranks and attribute
modifier). On a roll of 5 or 6, however, he
receives a special, one-time competence
bonus of +20 to that particular check.
Those skills potentially affected include
Computer Use, Decipher Script,
Demolitions, Disable Device,
Forgery, Investigate,
Knowledge, Navigate,
Repair, Research, and
Search. However, this
ability does not work
with the Craft Skill, or
if a character is taking
20 on a skill check.

increases the chance of gaining the autism bonus by
one (1-3 no bonus, 4-6 bonus). This mutation can be
advanced up to two times (1-2 no bonus, 3-6 bonus).
Blindsight
The mutant has developed a sense that allows him

to detect creatures within a limited range even in
circumstances where normal vision is impaired (such
as blindness, total darkness, or creature invisibility).
This ability could take the form of acute hearing, acute
vibration sense, or echolocation, the GM and player
may decide the exact specifics.
Benefit: The mutant gains the Blindsight ability
at a range of 10 feet. Invisibility and darkness are
irrelevant to his enhanced senses. The mutant normally
does not need to make Spot or Listen checks to notice
creatures within the range of his Blindsight.
increases range by 10 feet.
Special: The GM should carefully consider the form
of mutants blindsight, as situations will inevitably
arise in which it could be negated or useless.
Chameleon Epidermis
The cellular structure of the mutants epidermis

(skin) has mutated, allowing the cells to alter their
appearance and color. This provides the mutant with
an exceptional talent for hiding, allowing him to
remain undetected if he makes no sudden movements.
Benefit: The mutant can hide even without cover
or concealment. His coloration provides a bonus
to his Hide check based on how much of his skin
is exposed and how fast he is moving. Use the list
below to determine the mutants exact bonus (these
circumstance bonuses stack).
Stationary, not moving.
Moving up to half speed.
Moving faster than half speed.
Mutant is nude, light load.
Mutant is lightly clothed, medium load.
Mutant is fully clothed, heavy load.
+8 Hide
+4 Hide
+0 Hide
+8 Hide
+4 Hide
+0 Hide
The mutant may use this ability once per

Constitution modifier (minimum of 1) per day.
Changing color is a full-round action and has a
maximum duration of one minute per Constitution
(minimum 10).
Advancement: Each advancement allows the
mutant to activate this power one additional time per
Constitution modifier per day.
Special: A mutant using this ability while nude and
stationary receives a +16 bonus to Hide checks, and is
almost completely invisible. The mutant is considered
to have one half concealment (20% chance of missing)
for purposes of melee and ranged attacks against him.
Claws
This mutation has altered the mutants fingernails so

that they can be used as formidable natural weapons.
Some variety has been observed in claw development;
most mutants have fixed claws, though a few have
been found to have retractable claws. Most (but not
all) mutants have claws on their feet as well.
Benefit: The mutants hands are now natural
weapons that allow him to make a claw attack for 1d6
points of damage. The claws provide a +2 bonus to
Climb checks.
increases the damage dice of the claw attack in the
following progression: 1d8, 1d10, and 2d6. It also
increases the Climb check bonus by +1 (to maximum
of +5).
The mutant has developed a complete set of wings,

in the form of fleshy membranes (as with bats),
feathered appendages (as with birds), or even thin,
rigid membranes (as with insects). These wings give
the mutant the ability to fly for 30 minutes per point of
Strength.
Benefit: The mutant gains the ability to fly.
Movement rate is 50 feet (Clumsy).
increases the speed by 10 feet to maximum of 80 feet.
Special: The mutant cannot wear armor unless it is
Dermal Suction
The mutant has developed minute cilia or suction cups

on the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet that
allow her to climb smooth surfaces.
Benefit: The mutant gains a +10 to Balance and
Climb checks.
increases both skill bonuses by +10.
Dermal Poison Sap
The mutant is covered in a thick gooey sap (like

a plant) or slime (like a frog) that is poisonous to
those who touch him.
Benefit: Successful bare-hand attacks and bite
attacks against the mutant require the attacker to make
a Fortitude save or suffer the poison effects (DC14,
Initial/Secondary Damage: 1d4/1d4 Str). Bare-hand,
bite, and grapple attacks made by the mutant have the
same effect.
increases the Fortitude DC by 2 and the damage die by
one rank (1d4 becomes 1d6).
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Dermal Spike Growth
The mutant has developed thick, bone-like protrusions

from his epidermis, protecting the affected areas from
hits.
Benefit: This mutation allows the mutant to inflict
1d6 points of piercing damage (x2 for critical hits)
with a successful grapple attack and grants a +2
natural armor bonus.
increases the damage die by one rank (1d8, 1d10) to
a maximum of 1d10 and the armor bonus by +2 to a
maximum of +6.
Diurnal/Nocturnal
The mutants metabolism is tied to the daily cycle of

the rising and setting of the sun.
Benefit: The player chooses whether the mutants
Strength or Dexterity is affected and whether the
mutant is at his best during the day or night. The
mutant receives a +2 bonus to Strength or Dexterity
during his peak activity cycle. His peak activity cycle
can be either day (from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.) or night (from
6 P.M. to 6 A.M. ). The bonus (Strength or Dexterity)
and cycle (day or night) must be determined during
character creation and cannot be altered.
increases the ability bonus by +2.
Dual Cerebellum
The mutant possesses two distinct and fully developed

brains, housed in independent brain cavities within a
single skull, and is thus capable of greater intelligence.
A complete medical scan of the head will reveal
the true independent nature of the two brains. If the
mutant also possesses the Dual Head mutation, each
head contains a brain.
Benefit: The mutants Intelligence modifier is
doubled.
Advancement: None
Dual Headed
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The mutant has developed a second head next to

the first (on his shoulders) through a wild genetic
deformation. Only one of the heads has an actual
brain, unless the mutant also possesses the Dual
Cerebellum mutation.
Benefit: The mutant gains a +1 Spot and Listen
bonus and cannot be flanked. Whenever she must save
against blindness or deafness, she gets 2 save attempts,
one for each head. If one head is blinded, she loses the
spot bonus and can be flanked. If one head is deaf, the
mutant loses her listen bonus.
Advancement: None
Dwarfism
The mutants physical size has been altered, either by

a pituitary defect or a change in the bodys genetic
program during growth and development. With this
mutation, the mutant is a dwarf; his size and body
weight are substantially decreased.
Benefit: The mutant is reduced one size category,
which makes him harder to hit and easier to hide. For
example, a Medium-size mutant would be reduced to
Small. Small creatures gain a +1 size bonus to AC, a
+1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on
Hide checks.
Penalty: Dwarfed creatures must use smaller
weapons than normal creatures of the same size;
they cannot lift or carry as much as normal creatures,
and they cannot move as fast. For example, a Small
creatures lifting and carrying limits are three-quarters
of those of a Medium-size creature, and the dwarfed
creatures base speed is 20 ft.
Advancement: None
Elongation
The mutants tendons, muscles, and cartilage have

developed to allow for extreme stretching without
tearing. This permits the mutant to extend her arms,
legs, neck and torso to almost twice their normal
length without ill effect.
Benefit: By extending her limbs, the mutant can
add 5 feet to her reach. Optionally, the mutant can
instead increase her base speed by 5 feet. (She cannot
do both simultaneously, however). Elongating her
body stresses the tendons and muscles and cannot be
maintained indefinitely without harm. A mutant can
elongate for 5 rounds per Constitution modifier per
day (minimum 5 rounds). The mutant also enjoys a
+4 bonus to Escape Artist checks. Elongating is a free
action.
Advancement: The first advancement of this
mutation doubles the number of rounds the mutant can
maintain elongation. Each subsequent advancement
adds 1 to the multiplier (x3, x4, etc.).
Energy Immunity
The mutant has developed immunity to a certain type

of energy. The reason for this immunity depends on
the mutants environment and development. A mutant
with immunity to directed energy, for example, might
have a reflective hide or chameleonic skin cells that
react to flashes of intense energy by becoming tiny
mirrors. An immunity to acid, as another example,
might indicate the mutants skin is fibrous, like a plant,
and resists flesh-eating acids.
Benefit: The mutant ignores 10 damage of the given
energy type (acid, cold, electricity, energy weapons,
fire, or sonic/concussion) each time the creature is
subjected to such damage. For example, a mutant with
fire immunity ignores the first 10 points of the damage

by a fire attack. If energy weapons are chosen, it
works against all weapons of type energy including
lasers, masers, particle beams, and energy field
generators.
increases the resistance against the specific form by 5
to a maximum of 20.
The mutant possesses special energy-sensitive cells

and internal electrolyte webbing that acts to disperse
harmful energy and store it in the body. The mutant
can, with practice, learn to channel the energy before
it dissipates (through short bursts of static energy),
utilizing it as if he were a battery. The mutant can
absorb energy, storing it for a later date (to charge
a weapon, for instance, by touching the power
connections, or even to heal).
Benefit: When the mutant is struck by an energy
attack, he must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + the
damage done). If the check is successful, the attack
does no damage whatsoever, and the mutant absorbs
this energy for later use. At any given time, a mutant
can retain a number of charges equal to 1 plus his
Constitution modifier (minimum of 1). A single
discharge can power any other energy device for a
short time. For example, a mutants energy discharge
can power an energy weapon enough to give it one
discharge of its own. The energy from a mutants
discharge can also be channeled to heal himself of
1d8 points of damage. Energy from electrical attacks
and energy weapons can be diffused or stored by
the mutant, but cold, acid, radiation, heat, and sonic
attacks will damage him as normal. If the mutant is
already retaining his maximum amount of energy, he
takes full damage from any energy attacks.
increases the mutants Fortitude save bonus by 2.
The mutant has an improved respiratory system, with

enlarged and chambered lungs. The mutant normally
takes a breath every three or four minutes, and can
hold her breath for exceptionally long periods of time.
Benefit: The mutant can hold her breath for 1 extra
minute per Constitution point before making drowning
or suffocation checks. Because of her infrequent
breathing cycle, she receives a +4 to Fortitude saves
against airborne diseases, spores, and inhaled poisons.
Advancement: None.
The mutant can emit powerful dissolving juices

or corrosive enzymes (such as those emitted by
carnivorous plants and some species of toads and
frogs) through pores in the skin. While these enzymes

have some effect against organic material (like leather
or wood), they are particularly destructive to metallic
constructs. Stone items are generally unaffected.
Benefit: The melee touch attack of this mutant
secretes a digestive acid that can dissolve metal almost
instantaneously, and has some effect on organic
material. Any successful hit deals 20 points of acid
damage to metal objects (which might include an
opponents weapon or armor). It inflicts only a single
point of acid damage to the flesh of opponents. A
weapon that strikes the mutant, after doing damage,
will suffer acid damage unless the wielder makes a
Reflex save (DC 16).
increases the acid damage by 10 points for metal
(to a maximum of 50) and one point for flesh (to a
maximum of 3).
Special: Wood, cloth, leather and similar items
are affected by the mutants acid, though at a slower
rate. Even metal which can resist the enzyme damage
cannot resist prolonged contact with the mutants skin.
As a result, the mutant cannot wear armor or clothing.
He can expect any weapons he uses to rapidly lose
their effectiveness (within a few rounds).
Inflicting acid damage is a free action for the
mutant. It is not voluntary; the mutant damages
everything he touches.
Note: If an objects hardness exceeds the amount
of acid damage, then it is immune to the acid damage
when being hit by or hitting the mutant. An object that
loses all its hit points in a single round is immediately
dissolved with a hiss and a wisp of smoke.
The skull of the mutant has evolved to allow a special

kind of eye movement. The orbit (socket) of each eye
is much deeper than normal, and new eye muscles
have developed along the interior walls of the cavity.
These new muscles allow the mutant to instinctively
pull his eyes back and into his skull when they are
threatened. In effect, the eyes of the mutant retract
back and down into the head, out of harms way.
Benefit: A mutant with this mutation looks normal
most of the time, but when his eyes are threatened,
they sink back, leaving hollow, empty holes. This
mutation negates the effects of weapons, devices, or
other effects that cause blindness.
Advancement: None.
Extreme Resilience
A mutant with this ability suffers much less from

attacks made against her. This mutation can manifest
itself in a number of ways. Often, the mutant is
simply much larger than others of her species, making
it more difficult to injure her (just as its harder
to instantly kill an elephant than a human). Other
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mutants with Extreme Resilience might have an

unusual configuration of internal organs. Many other
possibilities exist as well.
Benefit: The mutant is immune to critical hit results
50% of the time.
Advancement: This mutation can be advanced
once, making the mutant completely immune to
critical hits.
The mutant has the ability to produce a subtle yet

hypnotic fragrance. This is another mutation that
can take a number of forms, but the most common is
mutated pheromones or hormones, which the mutant
can emit at will. Another form this mutation can take
is the production of spores, which, again, the mutant
would generate at will. Other possibilities also exist.
Benefit: Once per day, the mutant can emit an
invisible scent that forces up to 2d4 HD in creatures to
make a Will save (DC 15) or be hypnotized. Duration
is 2d4 rounds. Emitting the fragrance counts as an
attack action. Range is 15 feet.
While hypnotized, a creatures Spot and Listen
checks suffer a 4 penalty. Any potential threat allows
the creature a second saving throw. Any obvious threat
automatically breaks the hypnotism, as does shaking
or slapping the creature. A hypnotized creatures
ally may shake it free of the hypnotism as a standard
action. While the creature is hypnotized, the mutant
can make a suggestion or request (provided the mutant
can communicate with it). The suggestion must be
brief and reasonable. An affected creature reacts as
though it were two steps more friendly in attitude
(see Diplomacy skill). Even once the effect ends, the
creature retains its new attitude toward the mutant,
but only with respect to that particular suggestion. A
creature that fails its saving throw does not remember
that the mutant hypnotized it.
increases the HD of creatures affected by 1d4, the Will
DC by 2, the duration by 1d4, and the range by 5 feet.
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This mutation allows the mutant to literally see

emissions of gamma rays within his field of vision.
Benefit: Such emissions appear as bright glowing
patches or auras, warning the mutant of a dangerous
area, object, or creature (the GM is only required
to describe the aura as dim for low radiation levels,
bright for higher levels, or brilliant for extremely high
levels). The range of the mutants detection is roughly
equivalent to his natural sight.
Advancement: None.
Gigantism
The mutants physical size has been altered, either by

a pituitary defect or a change in the bodys genetic
program during growth and development. While this
serves to increase strength and size, often substantially,
the mutant is nonetheless noticeably different from
others of his species, often showing such traits as apelike arms, a lumbering gait, and distorted features.
Benefit: The mutant increases its size by one
category and gains +1 to Strength and Constitution
Penalty: Because of the increase in size, the mutant
takes a 1 penalty to Dexterity.
increases the mutants Strength and Constitution by
+1. The mutants size category remains the same.
Special: This mutation can only be advanced at
first level. The mutant cannot wear armor that was
designed for creatures of a different size category.
Note that there are several other modifiers that the
mutant must take into account with any increase in
size category, such as modifiers to attack and defense
rolls, grappling attempts, hide checks, reach, and
typical fighting space. All these modifiers and values
can be found in the creature size table located in the
Friend and Foes chapter of d20 Modern.
Hemotoxin Sting
The outer cells of the mutants epidermis have

developed into nematocysts, oval-shaped stinging cells
that fire microscopic darts into any living tissue that
comes into contact with them. These screw-shaped
darts penetrate deep into the skin of the victim and
release hemotoxins into the bloodstream, causing
immediate damage. This is a microscopic action that
requires nothing more than contact between flesh and
flesh. For example, the mutant could use this ability
simply by grasping an opponent.
Benefit: Hemotoxins cause bruising and
hemorrhaging and disrupt the ability to heal. Any
creature coming into skin-to-skin contact with the
mutant suffers 1d4 points of acid damage and cannot
heal naturally for a further 1d4+4 days (Fortitude save
DC 20 to resist). Using a sting is a free action but is
not automatic. The mutant can choose not to sting
when touching other creatures.
increases the acid damage by 1d4, the duration by +2
days, and the Fortitude save DC by 2.
Hyper Olfactory
The mutant has developed an advanced sense of smell

similar to that of animals.
Benefit: This mutation lets a mutant detect
approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track
by sense of smell. The range of this heightened sense
is generally 20 feet, but if the opponent is upwind, the
range is doubled, and if the opponent is downwind,

the range is halved. Strong scents, such as smoke or
rotting garbage, can be detected at twice the ranges
noted above. Overpowering scents, such as skunk
musk or troglodyte stench, can be detected at three
times these ranges.
The mutant can detect another creatures presence
but not its specific location. Noting the direction of the
scent is a standard action. If the mutant moves within 5
feet of the scents source, she can pinpoint that source.
The mutant can follow tracks by smell, making a
Wisdom check to find or follow a track. The typical
DC for a fresh trail is 10. The DC increases or
decreases depending on how strong the quarrys odor
is, the number of creatures, and the age of the trail. For
each hour that the trail is cold, the DC increases by 2.
The ability otherwise follows the rules for the Track
feat, although mutants tracking by scent ignore the
effects of surface conditions and poor visibility.
Mutants with this ability can identify familiar odors
just as humans do familiar sights.
increases the mutants scent range by 10 feet.
This mutation has modified the mutants cellular

spacing and reinforced the structure of his cells. This
has resulted in a dramatic increase in the mutants
body density and resistance to kinetic shocks.
Benefit: The mutant gains damage reduction 5/- to
bludgeoning attacks.
increases the damage reduction by 5 to a maximum of
15.
Increased Movement
The mutant has developed the ability to move

incredibly fast. Possible reasons for this ability include
enhanced adrenal gland function and development of
a higher tensile strength in the muscles and tendons of
the lower torso and legs. Other possibilities also exist.
Benefit: The mutants speed is increased by 10 feet.
increases the mutants speed by 10 feet.
Special: This mutation can stack with other feats or
abilities that increase movement.
The forward motor cortex of the mutants brain has

developed to such a point that each hemisphere can
control a limb independently, without dividing the
mutants attention. This results in skilled manipulation
of both hands simultaneously, with equal proficiency.
Benefit: A mutant with this mutation operates as if
she possessed the Two Weapon Fighting feat.
Advancement: None.
Like a camel, the mutant has an internal reservoir

(most likely located in the buttock and stomach area),
which collects residual moisture in the body and
provides the mutant with an emergency source in
circumstances where drinking water is unavailable.
Benefit: The mutant can survive for a full week
without food or water.
allows the mutant to survive ad additional week
without food and water.
The mutant is capable of emitting a powerful

distortion field, which alters light patterns
surrounding him and makes him literally invisible. The
field is large enough to envelop his entire body, as well
as any clothes and surface gear he might be wearing.
The biology and physics surrounding this phenomenon
are not well understood.
Benefit: The mutant can become invisible for up to
4 rounds per Constitution modifier per day (minimum
4 rounds). Creating the distortion field counts as
a move action. The mutant becomes visible after
attacking.
increases the duration of the effect by 1 round per
Constitution modifier.
Multi-Faceted Eyes
The mutant has developed multi-faceted, insect-like

eyes, which allow her to discern minute areas of space
and to notice even the most subtle movements.
Benefit: The mutant receives a +2 bonus to Spot
and Search checks, and because she can notice flaws
another worker would miss, she also gains a +2 bonus
to Repair and Craft (Mechanics) checks.
increases the bonuses by +2 to a maximum of +6.
Multiple Stomachs
The mutant has developed a series of interconnecting

stomachs (similar to those of a cow), which allow him
to break down and digest nearly any substance, be it
animal, vegetable, or mineral.
Benefit: The mutant can subsist on nearly anything
that is not inherently poisonous.
Advancement: None.
Multiple Eyes
The mutant has developed additional eyes, which

might be located anywhere on her body.
Benefit: The mutant cannot be flanked and gains +2
Spot checks.
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increases the bonus to Spot checks by +3.
Special: The mutation can only be advanced at first
level.
Neurotoxin Sting
This mutation works like Hemotoxin Sting, above,

with the exception that it produces neurotoxins instead
of hemotoxins.
Benefit: Neurotoxins act to paralyze the body and
respiratory system. Any creature coming into contact
with the mutant suffers 1d4 points of acid damage
and must make Fortitude save (DC 15) or suffer a
temporary loss of 2d6 Dexterity. The ability score loss
lasts for 1d4 hours. Using a neurotoxin sting is a free
action.
increases the acid damage by 1d4, the duration by 1d4
hours, and the Fortitude save DC by 2.
Neural Mutation
Sometimes mutations develop in the brain rather than

the body. These mutations can unlock neural powers,
often called Psionics, which allow the mutant to
perform extraordinary feats. The unlocked potential
varies greatly from mutant to mutant. Some barely
understand the true nature of their mental powers,
while others learn to master and expand their mutant
gifts.
In addition, neural mutations serve as prerequisites
for specific neural feats. Some neural feats have
unlimited use, while others are limited. The mutant
has a pool of limited feat uses for each neural
mutation determined by a key ability score modifier
and possibly increased with mutation advancements.
For instance, a mutant with an un-advanced
Precognition neural mutation and a Wisdom score of
18 has a pool of 6 (2 + 4 Wisdom modifier) uses from
which to activate limited-use Precognition-based
neural feats.
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The mutant has a sixth sense. He can sense danger

and has an extraordinary ability to predict the future.
Whether this neural ability actually allows the mutant
to see the future or is an uncanny ability to predict it,
is left for the player to decide. Regardless of that fact,
this mutant possesses a heightened awareness that
separates it from other creatures.
Benefit: The mutant may make a Will Save (DC
20) any time he is surprised. If he makes the save, he
is not surprised. This ability may be used at will.
For Precognition-based neural feats that have
limited use, the mutant can manifest these abilities 2
times per day plus this mutants Wisdom modifier.

lowers the Will DC by 2.
In addition, the mutant can manifest 2 additional
Precognition-based neural feats per day and the DC to
resist any Precognition neural feats is increased by +1.
Special: Note that each neural mutation has its own
uses per day.
The mutant can move small objects with his mind,

though it requires a great effort.
Benefit: The mutant may move objects weighing
10 lbs. per Constitution modifier (minimum 10). The
mutant can move these objects at a speed of 10 feet
per round. Using this ability is a move action and may
be used at will. Unwilling targets (or objects they
hold) cannot be moved with Telekinesis, nor can the
mutant move himself.
For Telekinesis-based neural feats that have limited
use, the mutant can manifest these abilities 2 times per
day plus this mutants Constitution modifier.
Unless otherwise specified, all Telekinesis-based
abilities have a range of 50 feet plus 10 feet per
Constitution modifier (minimum 50).
increases the weight the mutant can move by 10 lbs.
times per Constitution modifier.
Telekinesis-based neural feats per day and the DC to
resist any Telekinesis neural feats is increases by +1.
uses per day.
Neural Mutation -Telepathy
The mutant can read the thoughts and emotions of

those around him.
Benefit: The mutant character can gain an insight
into the feelings of someone he is interacting with,
gaining a +2 circumstance bonus to Bluff, Diplomacy,
Gather Information, Intimidate, and Sense Motive
checks. Using this ability is a free action and may be
used at will.
For Telepathy-based neural feats that have limited
use, the mutant can manifest these abilities 2 times per
day plus this mutants Charisma modifier.
Unless otherwise specified, all Telepathy abilities
have a range of 100 feet plus 10 feet per Charisma
modifier (minimum 100).
increases the circumstance bonus by +1.
Telepathy-based neural feats per day and the DC to
resist any Telepathy neural feats is increases by +1.
uses per day.
Optic Emissions
The mutant gains the ability to emit lazing atoms from

her eyes. These eyebeams are streams of charged
ions that are cycled in the optic center. The beams act
much like lasers, searing and burning flesh much as
thermonuclear radiation can cause a flash burn. As
eyebeams are mostly energy, they can also be used to
deflect other forms of light-based attack.
Benefit: The mutant gains an optic emissions attack
with a base range of 100 feet that inflicts 1d4 + 1 point
of damage per character level (up to a maximum of
+10) points of damage. In addition, once per round
the mutant can deflect one light-based attack (such as
another mutants eye beams or even laser fire, but not
other forms of energy attack) with a successful Reflex
save (DC 20).
increases the damage by 1d4.
The skin cells of the mutants epidermis have

thickened and hardened, turning into a tough armor.
This mutation can take the form of a thick leathery
dermal overgrowth (like jowls or an extra layer of
callous tissue, for instance) or hardened scales, like
a lizards.
Benefit: The mutant has a natural armor bonus of
+4.
increases the natural armor bonus by +2.
specifically designed to fit her.
The mutant is able to excite the air molecules

surrounding him to such an extent that he generates a
wave of super-heated air that blasts out from him in a
direction of his choice.
Benefit: The mutant can generate a 5-foot-wide
heat blast that reaches up to 10 feet and inflicts 1d6
points of heat damage for every 2 character levels.
All creatures in the area may make a Reflex save (DC
15) for half damage. Generating the heat blast is a
full-round action. The mutant can use this mutation
a number of times per day equal to 3 + the mutants
Constitution modifier (minimum 3).
increases the range by 10 ft and the Reflex save DC
by 1.
Radiation Immunity
Having adapted to life in a harsh radiated environment,

the mutant is immune to radiation (as well as heat
generated by radiation).
Benefit: The mutant is immune to moderate
radiation exposure (see Radiation).

mutation makes the character immune to high
radiation exposure. The second advancement
makes the mutant immune to severe radiation (thus
completely immune).
This mutation allows the mutant to recuperate from

injury at a staggering rate, provided she gets proper
rest and food. The mutant may recover from critical
wounds in mere days and even, according to some
reports, re-grow severed limbs.
Benefit: The mutant is considered to be double his
actual level for the purposes of natural healing. If she
should lose a limb and survive, the lost body part will
regenerate over a period of 1d4+2 weeks.
mutation triples the mutants rate of natural healing.
Each subsequent advancement increases the multiplier
by 1 (x4, x5, etc.). Each advancement also decreases
the time to regenerate limbs by 1 week (minimum 1
week).
The mutant has developed a set of gills and the

associated membranes within the respiratory tract.
This allows him to breathe underwater by extracting
oxygen molecules from the water just as a fish does.
Benefit: The mutant is a true amphibian, able to
breathe underwater as well as he does in air. It is
assumed that a mutant with this mutation has spent
significant time in water, so he gets the Swim skill as a
class skill.
Advancement: None.
Sensitive Sight
The mutants eyes and optic nerves have increased

sensitivity and allow him to see well in low light.
Benefit: A mutant with this mutation has low-light
vision out to 60 feet.
Advancement: This mutation can be advanced
once, giving the mutant dark vision out to 60 feet.
Special: The mutation can only be advanced at first
level.
The mutant has developed mandibles, beak, saber

teeth, or other rigid mouthparts. The actual nature of
the mutation can vary tremendously depending upon
the players choice. The mouthparts can be used to
make a bite attack.
Benefit: The mutant gains a natural weapon that
can be used to make a bite attack. The bite inflicts 1d6
damage, and has a threat range of 19-20 for a critical
hit.
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increases the damage dice in of the attack in the
following progression: 1d8, 1d10, and 1d12.
Shriek
The mutants vocal cords can produce sounds both

above and below the normal human auditory range.
This mutation also allows the mutant to produce
a multi-layered, multi-timbre shriek, whose sonic
vibrations affect everyone in the mutants immediate
vicinity.
Benefit: Once per day, the mutant can let out a
horrible shriek that affects everyone within a 10-foot
radius of him. Targets in the area of effect must make
a Fortitude save (DC 15) or take 1d4 points of sonic
damage and be deafened for 1d6+4 rounds. Those who
successfully save are unaffected.
increases the radius of the effect by 5 feet, damage
by 1d4, duration of deafness by 1d4 rounds, and the
Fortitude save DC by 2.
Simian Deformity
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This mutation gives the mutant a set of physical

features that resemble those of the great apes (such
as gorillas and orangutans). These features include
stunted legs, a hunched and slope-shouldered posture,
and elongated arms that cause the knuckles to drag
on the ground. The mutants overall speed is reduced
unless his arms are used to assist in
locomotion.
Benefit: If the mutant uses
both his arms and legs to
move, his speed is increased
by 1/3 (40 feet for
humans). His elongated
arms extend his reach by
5 feet. The mutant also
gains a climb bonus of
+4.
Penalty: If the mutant
does not use his arms
to aid in locomotion,
his shortened legs
reduced his base speed
to 2/3 normal (20 feet
for humans). If he uses
his arms to assist in
movement he cannot
wield a weapon or
carry items in his
hands.
Advancement:
None
The calcium deposits in the mutants skeletal system

have been replaced with other minerals. This mineral
substitution strengthens and fortifies the bones.
Benefit: A mutant with this mutation does 1d4
bludgeoning damage with his fists and gains damage
reduction 1/- to bludgeoning attacks.
increases the damage dice (1d6, 1d8, 1d10) and
damage reduction by 1.
Special: The mutant is still considered unarmed
with unarmed strikes. This ability stacks with the
Brawl (and Improved Brawl) feat(s). A character
with Skeletal Fortification and Brawl (or Improved
Brawl) increases his base damage by one increment,
much as if he had advanced the mutation. A mutant
with Skeletal Fortification and Combat Martial Arts
may choose to inflict lethal damage with his unarmed
strikes, and is considered armed for the purpose of
determining attacks of opportunity (but does not
increase his base damage). The maximum base
damage the mutant can inflict with his fists is 1d12.
Spontaneous Electric Charge

Generation
The mutants nervous system generates a surplus of

ionizing electrical energy, which can be discharged
from his body in the form of an electrical jolt. The
mutant need only touch his target or a conductive
material. The biology and physics behind this
phenomenon are not well understood.
Benefit: The mutant can emit an
electrical pulse as a touch attack,
inflicting 2d6+1 points of
electricity damage per character
level (up to a maximum of
+10). For example, a 5th level
character would inflict 2d6+5
damage with an electrical pulse.
Generating the charge is
considered an attack action.
The mutant can use this
mutation a number of
times per day equal to 2+
the mutants Constitution
modifier (minimum 2).
Advancement: Each
advancement of this
mutation increases the
damage by 1d6 and the
number of uses per day
by 2.
Stench
The mutant can secrete an oily, musk-like chemical

whose smell is unpleasant to most animal life.
Benefit: All living creatures that possess a sense
of smell within 10 feet of the mutant must succeed a
Fortitude save (DC 15) or take a 2 morale penalty
on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, ability checks,
skill checks, and saving throws for 10 rounds.
Creatures affected by this stench cannot be affected
again until the current effect expires. Attackers with
an Intelligence score of 2 or less flee if they fail their
save.
increases the Fortitude save DC by 2 and the range by
5 feet.
Special: Mutants with this ability are easier to
detect.
The mutants kidneys have developed into an

extremely effective filtration system, which grants
the mutant total immunity to ingested (not inhaled or
injury type) poisons and toxins (including most nonacidic chemicals).
Benefit: The mutant becomes immune to ingested
poisons of all types, and her urine becomes a
poisonous byproduct of roughly equal strength and
effect to the toxin imbibed. If the mutant decides to
harvest her urine and use it as an ingested poison, the
DC for saving throws against the urine decreases by 2
from the DC of the original poison.
Advancement: None
DEFECTS
Aberrant
Deformity
The mutant has developed

limbs in places where they
dont belong (an arm where a leg
should be, for instance, or an extra foot growing from
the heel). This results in a hideous appearance. The
player must choose a limb and another feature, and
switch them. Examples might be the placement of the
face on the chest or the replacement of a foot with a
hand.
Penalty: Though this does not affect the mutants
physical abilities, it serves as a blatant sign that he
is a mutant and cannot pass as a normal human.
The mutant suffers a 1 to his Charisma and a 6 to
Disguise checks.
Advancement: None.
TABLE 2-4: RANDOM DEFECT

Defect
Aberrant Deformity
Adrenaline Deficiency
Albinism
Anaphylaxis
Atrophied Cerebellum
Attention Deficit
Bilirubin Imbalance
Bizarre Pigmentation
Blindness
Brachydactyly
Cannibalism
Critical Vulnerability
Cystic Fibrosis
Deafness
Dyslexia
Hemihypertrophy
Hemophilia
Hunchback
Immune-System Abnormality
Negative Chemical Reaction
Neuro-Fibromatosis
Night Blindness
Phobia
Photoluminescent Aural Emission
Photosensitivity
Pituitary Deformation
Sensitivity
Sickle Cells
Skeletal Deterioration
Syncope
Terminal Limb Deficiency
Underdeveloped Organ
d100
1 - 4
5 - 7
8 - 10
11 - 13
14 - 16
17 - 19
20 - 22
23 - 26
27 - 29
30 - 32
33 - 35
36 - 38
39 - 41
42 - 44
45 - 47
48 - 50
51 - 53
54 - 56
57 - 59
60 - 62
63 - 65
66 - 68
69 - 71
72 - 74
75 - 77
78 - 80
81 - 84
85 - 87
88 - 90
91 - 93
94 - 96
97 - 100
The mutant has a deficiency in adrenaline production

(perhaps due to an atrophied adrenal gland or
diminished adrenal function), and as a result, cannot
make use of this reservoir of strength and stamina in
dangerous situations.
Penalty: The mutant suffers a 4 penalty on the
following checks and saves: hourly Swim checks
to avoid becoming fatigued, Constitution checks to
continue running, Constitution checks for the mutant
to hold her breath, Constitution checks to avoid
damage from starvation or thirst, Fortitude saves to
avoid damage from hot or cold environments, and
Fortitude saves to resist suffocation or drowning. It
also incurs a 2 penalty to initiative.
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Advancement: Each advancement of this defect

increases the penalties by 4 and 2 respectively.
Special: A mutant with this defect may not have
Rage or Rage-like abilities, including the Adrenaline
Control mutation.
Albinism
The mutants body has adjusted to a life sheltered

from UV radiation (underground or in some type of
shelter), and thus reacts poorly to direct sunlight and
UV sources.
Penalty: When exposed to natural light or other UV
sources, the mutant suffers a temporary 4 reduction to
Constitution and Strength.
decreases the mutants Constitution and Strength
penalties by 2.
Anaphylaxis
The mutants metabolism reacts adversely to the

presence of certain materials, which are normally
harmless. This extreme reaction is such a shock to the
mutants system that it could kill her if the exposure is
long enough. The player chooses a common material
from the following list: alcohol, corium, feathers,
ferrous metal, fur, leather and hide, plastic, rubber, or
wood.
Penalty: Each round the mutant is in contact with
the offending material, she reacts as if poisoned (Type:
Contact DC15, Initial/Secondary Damage: 1d6 Dex/
1d6 Dex).
increases the DC by 2 and the damage die by one rank
(1d6 becomes 1d8, and so forth).
The mutants brain has atrophied in certain areas due

to a genetic birth defect. As a result of this defect, the
mutant suffers a number of mental deficiencies.
Penalty: A mutant with this defect suffers a onetime reduction of Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma
by 2.
decreases another mental ability score by 2. It must be
a different mental ability score, not previously chosen.
Attention Deficit
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The mutant has developed a chemical imbalance that

prevents him from concentrating.
Penalty: A mutant with this defect suffers a 2
penalty to Concentration, Craft, Disable Device,
Perform, and Repair skill checks.
increases the skill check penalties by 2.
Bilirubin Imbalance
Due to a one-nucleotide error in a certain bloodproducing gene, the mutant generates an inordinate
amount of bilirubin that the liver cannot break down.
This results in telltale yellow eyes.
Penalty: Though this does not affect the mutants
physical abilities, it serves as a blatant sign that she
is a mutant and cannot pass as a normal human. The
mutant suffers a 1 reduction to her Charisma and 2
to Disguise checks. In addition, many consider yellow
eyes a sign of deceit, and so the mutant incurs a 2 to
Bluff and Diplomacy checks.
Advancement: None
The mutants hair color, eye color, and skin color (the
player chooses two of the three) are of a color not
normally found in humans. Odd hair colors include
light red, unusually fair blond, white, platinum, and
silvery gray. Unusual skin hues include extensive
freckling, melanin blotches, and irregularly livid
(bruised-looking) tones. Abnormal eye colors include
red, pink, white, and unusual flecked combinations.
Whatever the abnormal coloration, it is clear that the
mutant is not a normal human. Many other choices
exist for all of these features.
Penalty: The mutant suffers a 2 to his Charisma.
He is clearly a mutant and cannot pass as a human.
Advancement: None
Special: If the player applies this defect to
the mutants eyes, he cannot also have Bilirubin
Imbalance.
Blindness
The mutant has developed a deficiency in her visual

system, resulting in poor sight or blindness.
Penalty: The mutant suffers from poor vision,
effectively concealing one quarter of everything in her
field of view. Attacks in combat have a 10% chance of
missing.
increases the concealment by one quarter. Three
advancements render the mutant completely blind.
Attacks at one-half concealment have a 20% chance of
missing. Attacks at three-quarters have a 30% chance
of missing. Blind attacks have a 50% of missing.
Brachydactyly
The mutant has developed significantly shortened

fingers and toes.
Penalty: This defect severely reduces manual
dexterity, resulting in a 2 penalty to skills checks that
require good coordination and motor skills such as
Climb, Craft, Disable Device, Repair, Sleight of Hand,
and Treat Injury.

increases the skill check penalties by 2.
Cannibalism
The mutant has developed a taste (or dependency)

for feeding on others of its own kind. This could be a
physical or mental defect. Regardless of the cause, the
mutant must eat a certain amount of flesh from its own
species or suffer withdrawal sickness
Penalty: This defect requires the mutant to consume
1/2 pound of flesh (or blood) from its own species. If
the mutant fails to feed in a 24-hour period, he suffers
a temporary loss of 1 Strength, Constitution, and
Dexterity. The mutant suffers cumulative ability score
loss each day until he feeds. The mutant recovers 1
point of Strength, Constitution, and Dexterity per day
after he has feed.
The mutant suffers normal starvation penalties (if
applicable) in addition to the withdrawal penalties.
increases the amount of flesh needed to be consumed
per day by 1/2 pound and increases the ability score
loss by 1.
Special: Cannibals (or Ghouls) are universally hated
in the wasteland and thus have an additional social
burden. Often an adventurer afflicted with this defect
must hide his cannibalism or risk severe persecution.
The mutant has developed a crucial weakness in

his body that makes him especially susceptible to
additional damage. Typical causes include lack of
protective bone or cartilage around vital organs,
exposed nerves or pressure points in certain locations,
and organs that are unusually sensitive to trauma.
Penalty: The critical threat range of all weapons
used against the mutant increases by 1.
Advancement: Each advancement to this defect
increases the critical threat range by 1 additional point.
Special: The mutant cannot have the Extreme
Resilience mutation
Cystic Fibrosis
This defect results in defective programming of the

glands that produce mucus. The defect causes a buildup of salt in the lungs and produces mucus that erodes
the lungs tissues and inhibits the mutants ability to
breathe. This can cause suffocation, infection, and
eventual death. A mutant with this genetic defect has
a limited lifespan. When this time has passed, the
mutant is considered to have died of the eventual salt
and mucus build-up.
Penalty: The mutant will have a maximum lifespan
of 20+2d10 years. In addition, the mutant suffers a
2 penalty on the following checks and saves: hourly
Swim checks to avoid becoming fatigued, Constitution
checks to continue running, Constitution checks for

the mutant to hold his breath, Constitution checks to
avoid damage from starvation or thirst, Fortitude saves
to avoid damage from hot or cold environments, and
Fortitude saves to resist suffocation or drowning.
decreases the life span of the mutant by 10 years to a
minimum of 0+2d10 years. Also, the mutants check
and save penalties are decreased by 2.
Special: A mutant may not have both the Cystic
Fibrosis and Pituitary Deformation defects. A mutant
with Cystic Fibrosis may never have Rage or any
Rage-like abilities.
Deafness
The mutant has developed a deficiency in his hearing,

resulting in deafness.
Penalty: The mutant is deaf, suffering all related
penalties.
Advancement: None
Special: Deafened characters cant make listen
checks and suffer a 4 to initiative checks.
Dyslexia
The mutant has developed a mental defect that impairs

his ability to recognize and comprehend written words.
Penalty: The mutant cannot read or write and
suffers a 2 penalty to any skill check that requires
him to read. Skills that might be affected include
Computer Use, Decipher Script, Forgery, and Research
Advancement: None
Hemihypertrophy
The mutant suffers from a severe case of

hemihypertrophy, a genetic disorder in which one side
of the body fails to grow normally. This results in a
grotesque, lopsided, and stunted development. On one
side the mutant has a shortened leg with a diminutive
foot and an arm with a diminutive hand. A mutant with
this defect has an unusual gait and reduced dexterity.
Penalty: The mutants base speed is reduced by
5 feet. She also suffers an additional 2 penalty to
skill checks requiring two-handed dexterity and
manipulation. Typical skills to be penalized include
Balance, Climb, Jump, and Swim.
decreases the mutants speed by 5 feet and increases
the skill check penalties by -1.
Hemophilia
The mutants white blood cell count is diminished,

preventing him from healing as quickly as a others of
his species.
Penalty: A mutant with this genetic defect suffers
bleeding wounds from all physical injuries that inflict
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more than 10 points of damage in a single hit. Such

wounds continue to bleed for 1d6 rounds, reducing
the mutants hit points by 1 per round. In addition, a
mutant with this defect only heals half the normal hit
points from rest and natural healing (fractions rounded
down).
increases the duration of bleeding by 2 rounds. The
first advancement reduces the mutants natural healing
to 1/3, and each subsequent advancement increases the
divisor by 1 (1/4, 1/5, etc.)
Hunchback
The mutant has a spinal deformity that manifests as a

pronounced hump on her back.
Penalty: This defect causes a slight hindrance to
movement, reducing the mutants movement speed
by 5. The mutant also suffers a 1 reduction to his
Charisma score.
decreases the mutants speed by 5 feet and Charisma
by -1.
The mutant has developed an immune system defect

that diminishes resistance to disease. The manner in
which this defect manifests itself varies greatly from
mutant to mutant. Examples include depleted white
blood cell count (diminishing the bodys defenses
against foreign viral infection) and kidney atrophy
(diminishing the bodys ability to purify its system).
Penalty: This mutant makes Fortitude checks
against diseases at 4 and increases the diseases initial
and secondary damage by 1.
incurs an additional -4 to Fortitude saves and increases
the diseases initial and secondary damage by 1.
Special: Depending on the form this defect
takes, the mutant may not be able to take one of the
following mutations: Accelerated White Blood Cell
Activity, Accumulated Resistance, Regenerative
Capability, or Superior Kidney Development.
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The mutant suffers from a genetic disease (such as

malignant hyperthermia) that increases the chances of
negative reaction to treatment with foreign drugs.
Penalty: The mutants modifier for Medical
Incompatibility does not change, but if she fails a
Medical Incompatibility check, the effect roll is made
with d12 instead of a d20.
Advancement: Each advancent of this defect
reduces the die by one rank (d10, d8)
Special: A mutant with this defect may not take the
Accumulated Resistance mutation with the resistance
toward chemicals.
Neurofibromatosis
This is an advanced form of tumor development, once

known as The Elephant Mans Disease. A mutant
with this defect develops massive and grotesque
tumors that completely distort and pervert the human
form, causing a reduction in vision and negatively
impacting movement.
Penalty: This defect severely restricts a mutant.
A mutant with this defect suffers a -1 reduction to
Dexterity and Charisma and -1 penalty on Spot checks.
incurs an additional 1 to Dexterity, Charisma, and
Spot checks.
Night Blindness
The mutant suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic

disorder that causes degeneration of the retina. This
condition results in diminished vision under low-light
conditions.
Penalty: A mutant with this defect suffers the
effects of blindness in any poorly lit or deeply
shadowed environment (i.e. any conditions short of
natural sunlight or bright illumination).
Advancement: None
Special: The mutant may not choose this defect
if he already has Blindness defect or Sensitive Sight
mutation.
Phobia
The mutant has developed an undefeatable fear. This

could be a physical defect caused by a chemical
imbalance or mental defect developed from early
childhood. Regardless of the cause, the mutants fear
is incurable.
Penalty: The player must choose a fear (with the
GMs approval). At any point the mutant is confronted
with this fear he must make a Will save (DC 15). If
the mutant fails the save, he is panicked (flees or
cowers). If the mutant successfully saves, he is shaken
(-2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, and skill
checks). GMs should ensure that characters choose
a fear that has a realistic chance of coming into play.
Some appropriate options include: Fire, Darkness,
Bugs, Opposite Sex, Heights, Crowds, Enclosed
Spaces or Spiders.
Advancement: Each advancement of the defect
increases the DC by 2.
Special: The GM should consider special modifiers
depending on the severity and magnitude of the
situation. For example, a mutant that fears spiders
might have a more difficult time remaining calm
when confronted by a giant mutant spider than a small
spider.
Photoluminescent Aural
Emission
A strange glow emanates from the mutants body. The

cause of this condition is typically a constant (but
harmless) combustion of dying (or dead) inner-body
cells, a process which occurs as old cells die and new
ones are created. Sometimes, however, this condition
is the result of the ionization of latent radiation within
the mutants body. The glow is usually neon green,
blue, white, or yellow, but the player may choose
another color.
Benefit: The mutant emits a glow that sheds light up
to 20 feet in all directions.
Penalty: The mutant is easily visible, because the
glow is constant.
Advancement: None
Special: Wearing normal clothing does not inhibit
the illumination. The mutant is likely to automatically
fail all Hide checks in areas of darkness or areas lit
by less than full daylight. If the mutant wears some
enveloping cloak or similar garment, he may attempt
Hide checks in such areas at a 4 penalty.
Photosensitivity
The mutants eyes have developed an extreme

sensitivity to intense light.
Penalty: A mutant with this defect suffers from
complete blindness in natural or bright light. This
can be kept in check only with sun goggles or tinted
glasses.
Advancement: None
The mutants pituitary gland has developed a defect

that causes unnatural aging.
Penalty: A mutant with this defect appears much
older than he really is, generally two to three times
his actual age. The mutant has a maximum lifespan of
25+2d10 years.
decreases the mutants lifespan by 10 years, to a
minimum of 5+2d10 years. The mutant is considered
Middle Age at 50% of his maximum lifespan and Old
at 75% of his maximum lifespan, suffering all the
negative ability score adjustments (Str, Dex, and Con).
He does not gain the positive ability score adjustments
(Int, Wis, and Cha).
Special: A mutant may not have both the Cystic
Fibrosis and Pituitary Deformation defects.
Sensitivity
The mutant is particularly sensitive to one or more

forms of attack or special effects. The player chooses
the particular form of this sensitivity
Penalty: The mutant suffers twice the normal
damage (or effect) from one category in the following
list: heat, cold, electricity, acid, energy weapons, sonic
attack, poison, or radiation.
Advancement: The first advancement of this defect
triples the damage. Each subsequent advancement
increased the damage multiplier by 1 (x3, x4, x5).
Special: The mutant may not take this defect if she
has already taken Inherent Immunity (see Mutations)
for the same attack form.
Sickle Cells
The mutant has developed abnormal hemoglobin,

which results in a shortage of healthy red blood cells,
or anemia.
Penalty: The mutant suffers a 2 penalty to nondisease Fortitude saves and a 1 reduction to Strength.
incurs an additional 2 penalty to the mutants
Fortitude saves and an additional -1 reduction to
Strength.
The calcium deposits in the mutants skeletal system

have been replaced with other minerals (cadmium
being the most prevalent in this post-holocaust
environment). This mineral substitution weakens and
deforms the bones and causes brittleness.
Penalty: The mutant suffers 50% more damage
from bludgeoning attacks.
increases the damage taken from bludgeoning attacks
by 50%. Thus, a character that has taken this defect
3 times would take an additional 150% damage from
bludgeoning attacks.
Special: A character with this defect may not have
the Skeletal Fortification mutation.
Syncope
The mutant is afflicted with cerebral anemia and is

thus vulnerable to fainting. These swoons commonly
strike at the most inopportune times, though never
more than once a day.
Penalty: In each round that the mutant suffers 10
hit points of damage, he must make a Fortitude save
(DC 10 + damage inflicted) or lose consciousness.
Unconsciousness lasts for 1d6+1 rounds, after which
the mutant recovers from the syncope and may act
normally. This affliction will not affect the mutant
more than once per day.
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increases by 1 the number of times per day the mutant
can lose consciousness.
The mutants defective genes failed to fully develop

one or more limbs. In some cases, this means that the
mutant was born with missing limbs. In other cases, a
genetic deformity has caused one of the mutants limbs
to degenerate and atrophy, in which case the mutant
has a short, stubby, or disfigured limb, evidence of
mutation in transition. The limb chosen (arm or leg)
is severely handicapped (if any vestigial portion is
present) or entirely absent.
Penalty: An affected arm suffers a 4 penalty to
Strength and Dexterity. Anytime the mutant attempts
an action that requires both arms, she uses the reduced
scores to determine success or failure. Typical
examples include wielding a two-handed weapon,
Climbing, Swimming, etc. If this penalty reduces
the arms Strength or Dexterity to 0, then the arm is
completely missing (two-handed attacks cannot be
made, and a 6 penalty is applied to appropriate skill
checks).
An affected leg reduces the mutants speed by 10
feet. This penalty can be halved with the aid of a
crutch. The mutant is limited to walking speed; she
may not trot or run. Balance, Climb, Jump, and Swim
checks suffer a 6 penalty, whether the leg is partially
present or not. If the mutants speed is reduced to 0,
then the leg is completely missing, and she is unable to
walk effectively without the aid of a crutch.
causes either an additional 4 penalty to Strength and
Dexterity in the affected arm, or a 10-foot penalty to
movement in the case of an affected leg. A missing
arm or leg cannot be advanced further.
Note: If the GM wishes to determine the limb type
randomly, he can roll 1d6. A roll of 14 is an arm, and
a roll of 56 is a leg.
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One of the mutants more vital organs is

underdeveloped, and is thus incapable of performing at
the same level as normal members of his species. The
effect depends on what organ is underdeveloped.
Penalty: Player must choose one of the following
underdeveloped organs.
Voice Box: The mutant cannot speak.
Lung: The mutant cannot move more than x2 his
base speed.
Intestines: The mutant requires 2x the amount of
food daily.
Muscles: The mutant suffers a -2 penalty to
Strength.
Inner ear: The mutant suffers a -2 on Balance and
Listen checks.
Advancement: With each advancement of this

mutation the mutant chooses another organ.
Special: Players and GMs may want to create new
variants to this mutation. As a general guideline, this
mutation should give a 2 to one ability score, a 4
to one skill, a 2 to several skills, or an equivalent
penalty.
MUTANT
FEATS
The following feats are for
mutant characters. Each

of these feats requires
a specific mutation or
group of mutations as
prerequisites.
Aerial Maneuverability
You are more maneuverable when flying.

Prerequisite: Dexterity 13, Complete Wing
Development
Benefit: Your maneuverability class when flying
improves by one step. For example, a clumsy flyer
would improve to poor.
Special: This feat may be taken multiple times.
Constrict
You constrict your opponents once you have them

grappled.
Prerequisite: Strength 18, Gigantism
Benefit: You crush opponents, dealing bludgeoning
damage, after making a successful grapple check.
The amount of damage is equal to your natural attack
or unarmed strike. If you also have the improved
grab feat, you deal constriction damage in addition
to damage dealt by the attack used to grab your
opponent.
Duck
You have a knack for dodging ranged attacks.

Prerequisite: Dexterity 14, Dodge, Dwarfism
Benefit: You may make a Reflex save (DC equal
to the attack roll) against any one ranged attack per
round; success indicates the attack against you misses.
Flyby Attack
You can attack on the fly.

Prerequisite: Complete Wing Development
Benefit: When flying, you can take an attack action
at any point during your move. You cannot take a
second move action during a round when you make a
flyby attack.
Normal: Without this feat, you must make attack
actions either before or after your move.
Horn Charge
You can lower your head and make a deadly charge

attack.
Prerequisite: Aberrant Horn Development
Benefit: You can begin a battle by charging at
an opponent. In addition to the normal benefits and
hazards of a charge, you can make a single gore attack
that deals double damage.
Improved Grab
You can grapple your opponent after a successful

natural attack.
Prerequisite: Strength 17, Aberrant Horn
Development, Claw, or Serrated Dental Development.
Benefit: If you score a successful melee attack with
a natural weapon you deal normal damage and attempt
to start a grapple as a free action, without provoking
attacks of opportunity. No initial touch attack is
required. Improved grab only works against opponents
at least one size category smaller than you.
You have the option to conduct the grapple
normally, or simply use the part of your body you
used in the improved grab to hold the opponent. If
you choose to do the latter, you take a 20 penalty
on grapple checks but are not considered grappled
yourself; you do not lose your Dexterity bonus to
Defense, still threaten an area, and can use your
remaining attacks against other opponents.
A successful hold does not deal additional damage
unless you also have the constrict feat. If you do not
constrict, each successful grapple check you make
during successive rounds automatically deals the
damage given for the attack that established the hold.
When you get a hold after an improved grab attack,
you pull the opponent into your space. This act does
not provoke attacks of opportunity. You are not
considered grappled while you hold the opponent,
so you still threaten adjacent squares and retain your
Dexterity bonus. You can even move, provided you
can drag the opponents weight.
Improved Multiattack
You are adept at using all your natural attacks at no

penalty.
Prerequisite: Three or more natural weapons,
Multiattack.
Benefit: Your secondary attacks with natural
weapons suffer no penalty.
Normal: Without this feat, your secondary natural
attacks suffer a -5 penalty (-2 with Multiattack).
Irradiated
You are an irradiated creature and can inflict radiation

sickness by touch or natural attack.
Prerequisite: Radiation Immunity
Benefit: When you make an unarmed or natural

attack that deals damage, you expose your opponent
to radiation equal to your Radiation Immunity degree.
For example, a mutant with immunity to high radiation
exposes his opponent to high radiation sickness (DC
21, 1d6 damage). See environmental dangers for more
information on radiation sickness.
Leaper
You have a unique talent for long jumping.

Prerequisite: Dexterity 13, Adrenaline Control,
Increased Movement or Simian Deformity.
Benefit: Your maximum jump distance is not
limited by your height. This feat has no effect on the
height of high jumps, including running high jumps.
Multiattack
You are adept at using all your natural attacks.

Prerequisite: Three or more natural weapons.
Benefit: Your secondary attacks with natural
weapons suffer only a -2 penalty.
Normal: Without this feat, your secondary natural
attacks suffer a -5 penalty.
Multiweapon Fighting
You are adept at using weapons in all your hands.

Prerequisite: Three or more hands.
Benefit: Your penalties for fighting with multiple
weapons are reduced by 2 in your primary hand and 6
in your secondary hands.
Normal: Without this feat you suffer a -6 penalty
to attacks made with your primary hand and a -10
penalty to attacks made with your off hands.
Special: This feat replaces the Two-Weapon
Fighting feat for creatures with more than two arms.
Natural Armor Expertise
You are adept at using your natural armor to greater

effect.
Prerequisite: Intelligence 13, Aberrant Endoskeletal
Encasing, Dermal Spike Growth, or Protective Dermal
Development.
Benefit: You gain a +2 equipment bonus when you
are not flatfooted or flanked.
Special: This bonus does not stack with any
equipment bonus granted by wearing body armor.
Plague Carrier
You carry a nasty disease that you can spread by touch

or natural attacks.
Prerequisite: Accumulated Resistance
Benefit: When you make an unarmed or natural
attack that deals damage, your opponent must make
a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 your Character level
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+ your Con modifier) or be infected with one of the

following diseases: anthrax, small pox, hantavirus,
necrotizing faciitis, or west nile virus.
Disease
Incubation
Period
Initial
Damage
Secondary
Damage
Anthrax
1d2 days
1 Con
1d4 Con*
Small pox
2d4 days
1 Str and 1
Con
1d2 Str and

1d2 Con
Hantavirus
1 day
1d2 Str
1d2 Str* and

1d2 Con*
Necrotizing
faciitis
1d6 days
1 Con
1d3 Con*
West Nile
virus
1d4 days
1 Dex and
1 Con
1d2 Dex and

1d2 Con*
*If damage is sustained, make a second saving throw

to avoid 1 point being permanently drained (instead of
damaged).
Power Dive
You make deadly dive attacks from the sky.

Prerequisite: Base Attack Bonus +5, Complete
Wing Development
Benefit: When you make a Dive attack, it inflicts
triple damage. If your maneuverability is Average (or
less), you must land after performing this attack (as
you must end your movement and cannot hover). If
your maneuverability is Perfect, this maneuver may be
combined with the Flyby attack feat.
Pounce
With a great leap to attack, you can unleash the full

fury of your attacks while throwing yourself into the
fray.
Prerequisite: Dexterity 13, Adrenaline Control,
Increased Movement, or Simian Deformity.
Benefit: During the first round of combat, you may
move and then use an attack action to make a full
round attack. You may use this feat if the move action
is a charge.
Rend
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When attacking with your claws, you can make a rend

attack.
Prerequisite: Strength 16, Claws
Benefit: If you hit with 2 or more claw attacks,
you latch onto your opponents body and tear the
flesh. This attack automatically deals damage equal
to double your claw damage plus one and a half your
Strength bonus. For example, a mutant with Claws that
do 1d6 damage and a Strength of 18 will have a rend
attack that deals 2d6+6 damage. You may only rend
once per round.
Spineless
Though not truly an invertebrate, you can move

through tight spaces with fluid ease.
Prerequisite: Abnormal Joint Flexibility or
Elongation
Benefit: You gain a +4 bonus to Escape Artist
checks. When attempting to escape a grapple, the
opponent does not add a size bonus to its grapple
check.
Strong Flyer
You can carry a heavy load when flying.

Prerequisite: Strength 15, Complete Wing
Development
Benefit: You may carry a heavy load and move at
your listed flight speed.
Normal: The character may only carry a Medium
load and move at full speed.
Surefooted
Your small size makes you nimble and athletic.

Prerequisite: Dwarfism
Benefit: You gain a +2 racial bonus on Climb, Jump,
and Move Silently checks.
Tearing Bite
You dart in and tear at prey with your jagged

mandibles, beak, saber teeth, or other rigid mouthpart.
Prerequisite: Serrated Dental Development
Benefit: In addition to normal damage, your
bite wound bleeds for 1 point of damage per round
thereafter. Multiple wounds from the bite cause
cumulative bleeding damage. The bleeding can be
stopped by a successful Treat Injury check (DC 15) or
the application of appropriate medicine.
Withstand
You can shrug off the deadliest of blunt blows and

remain standing.
Prerequisite: Increased Body Density or Skeletal
Fortification
Benefit: Whenever you receive bludgeoning
damage in combat, you may spend an action point and
negate the damage.
NEURAL
FEATS
The following are neural feats.
Each of these feats requires

a specific neural mutation
(or group) as a prerequisite.
Unlike standard feats,
neural feats have two more
attributes to their description.
Unless stated otherwise, these abilities are attack

actions.
Action: What type of action to perform the feat:
free, move, attack, or full.
Duration: How long the feats effects last.
Usage: Indicates whether the power has unlimited
use or counts against the mutants pool of Precognition,
Telekinesis, or Telepathy uses per day.
Anxiety Trigger
You unleash a deep-seated phobia into the conscious

mind of your target.
Prerequisite: Telepathy.
Effect: By unleashing the fears that dwell deep
inside the mind of everyone, you trigger an anxiety
attack in your opponent. If the victim of this attack
fails a Will save (DC 10 + your Charisma modifier),
the target suffers an anxiety attack, becoming shaken.
A shaken character takes a 2 penalty on attack rolls,
saving throws, and skill checks. If the target makes
the save, he or she is immune to this ability for 24
hours.
Action: Attack.
Duration: 5 rounds plus one round per Telepathy
advancement.
Usage: Unlimited.
Attraction Trigger
You plant a compelling attraction in the mind of the

target.
Effect: If the target of this ability fails a Willpower
Save (DC 10 + your Charisma modifier), he or she
is attracted toward a particular person, an object, an
action, or an event. The target takes reasonable steps
to meet, get close to, attend, find, or perform the object
of its implanted attraction. For the purposes of this
power, reasonable means that while fascinated, the
target doesnt suffer from blind obsession. The target
will not undertake obviously self-destructive actions.
The subject can still recognize danger, but will not flee
unless the threat is immediate. If the target makes the
save, he or she is immune to this ability for 24 hours.
Successfully instilling an attraction to another
person in your target does not mean that the target
will follow orders from that person indiscriminately.
However, the target will view the object of his
attraction favorably and will listen (even if he
disagrees). This power grants a +4 circumstance bonus
to your Charisma modifier when dealing with the
subject.
Action: Attack.
Duration: One hour plus one hour per Telepathy
advancement.
Usage: Telepathy.
Battle Plan
You can see the course of a battle in your mind. The

further out you forecast the battle, the more variables
come into play, and the less accurate you can be.
Prerequisites: Precognition, Foresight, Precognitive
Combat.
Benefit: You decide when this ability is activated
how long it will last, from 1 round to 3 rounds. If the
duration is one round, you gain a +10 insight bonus
to one attack roll, damage roll, saving throw, or skill
check for that round. If the duration is two rounds,
you gain a +5 on any one roll in each of those two
rounds, and if the duration is 3 rounds, you gain a +3
on any one roll in each of those three rounds.
Action: Free.
Duration: Up to 3 rounds.
Usage: Precognition.
Charm Person
You can make a humanoid creature (mutant or human)

regard you as his or her trusted friend and ally.
Prerequisites: Telepathy, Attraction Trigger.
Effect: If the target of this ability fails a Will Save
(DC 10 + the your Charisma modifier), he or she is
charmed. If the target is currently being threatened or
attacked by you or allies, however, the subject receives
a +5 bonus on his or her saving throw.
You cannot control the charmed creature as if he
or she was an automaton, but he or she does perceive
your words and actions in the most favorable way. You
can try to give the subject orders, but you must win an
opposed Charisma check to convince the subject to do
anything he or she would not ordinarily do. (You cant
try again.) A charmed creature never obeys suicidal
or obviously harmful orders. Any act by you or your
apparent allies that threatens the charmed creature
breaks the power.
If the target makes the save, he or she is immune to
this ability for 24 hours.
Action: Attack.
Duration: One hour plus one hour per Telepathy
advancement.
Usage: Telepathy
Clairaudience
You can hear a location that is a great distance away

by simply concentrating on the location.
Prerequisite: Precognition.
Benefit: This ability enables you to concentrate on
some locale and hear it as if you were there. Distance
is not a factor, but the locale must be knowneither a
place familiar to you or an obvious place.
Action: Move.
Duration: One minute plus one minute per
Telepathy advancement.
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Clairvoyance
You can see a location that is a great distance away by

simply concentrating on the location.
Benefit: This ability enables you to concentrate on
some locale and see it as if you were there. Distance
is not a factor, but the locale must be knowneither a
place familiar to you or an obvious place.
Action: Move.
Duration: One minute plus one minute per
Telepathy advancement.
Danger Sense
You can sense danger unforeseen by others.

Prerequisites: Precognition, Foresight
Effect: You sense the presence of danger before it
happens. You do not know the nature of the danger;
only that it is imminent. As a result, you cannot be
caught flat-footed, gain a +4 insight bonus to Reflex
saves to avoid traps and a +4 insight bonus to Defense
against attacks by traps
Action: Free.
Duration: Instant.
Usage: Unlimited.
Domination
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You can assert your will over another creature and

control his or her actions.
Prerequisites: Telepathy, Attraction Trigger, Charm
Person.
(DC 10 + your Charisma modifier), he or she is under
your direct control. You establish a telepathic link
with the targets mind. If you and your subject share
a common language, you can generally force the
subject to perform, as you desire, within the limits
of the subjects abilities. If no common language is
shared, you can only communicate basic commands.
You know what the target is experiencing but do not
receive direct sensory input from him or her.
The target resists this control, and if forced to take
an action that goes against his or her nature he or she
receives a new saving throw with a bonus of +1 to +4,
depending on the type of action required. Obviously
self-destructive orders are ignored, regardless of the
result of the saving throw.
Once control is established, the range at which it can
be exercised is unlimited. You need not see the target
to control him or her.
If the target makes the save, he or she is immune to
domination attempts from you for 24 hours.
Action: Attack.
Duration: One day plus one day per Telepathy
advancement.
Usage: Telepathy
Fight Trigger
You have learned how to stimulate one of the most

basic emotional triggers inside the mind of your target:
the fight response.
Prerequisites: Telepathy, Anxiety Trigger.
Effect: You choose a target to become Enraged (+2
morale bonus to Strength and Constitution scores,
+1 morale bonus to Will saves, -1 to Defense). This
ability is an attack action and may only be used on a
willing target.
Action: Attack.
advancement.
Usage: Telepathy.
Flight Trigger
You have learned how to stimulate one of the most

basic emotional triggers inside the mind of your target:
the flight response.
Effect: If the target of this ability fails a Will
Save (DC 10 + your Charisma modifier), the target
is panicked. A panicked character flees as fast as
possible and cowers if unable to get away. He defends
normally but cannot attack. If the target makes the
save, he is immune to this ability for 24 hours.
Action: Attack.
advancement.
Usage: Telepathy.
Foresight
You gain glimpses of the very near future. To the

casual observer (someone without the recognition
class ability) this will appear as though you have
lightning fast reflexes.
Effect: You gain an insight bonus to initiative equal
to your Wisdom modifier plus one for each time you
have advanced your Precognition mutation. These
bonuses stack with any other initiative bonuses you
possess, including Improved Initiative and Dexterity
modifier.
Action: Free.
Duration: Combat.
Usage: Unlimited.
Levitation
You have mastered Telekinesis sufficiently to allow

you to float above the ground and move around at a
sedate pace.
Prerequisites: Telekinesis, Telekinetic Hand,
Telekinesis Mastery.
Effect: You may float above the ground and move
yourself telekinetically. This requires a move action.
You may float with a speed of 20 feet and may go

as high as 30 feet above the ground. The amount of
weight you may carry with you is determined by the
Telekinesis mutation (your body weight does not count
towards this).
Special: If the duration ends before you have
landed, you immediately drift to the ground without
harm (unless you choose to activate the feat again).
Action: Move.
Duration: 5 rounds plus one round per Telekinesis
Advancement.
Usage: Telekinesis.
Lie Detector
By scanning for subtle surface cues in your targets

mind, you can tell with complete certainty whether
your target is lying.
Prerequisites: Telepathy, Mental Communication.
Effect: While this ability is active, you gain a +20
insight bonus to Sense Motive. Using this ability is a
free action.
Action: Attack.
advancement.
Usage: Telepathy.
Mental Communication
You have learned the most basic form of telepathy,

the ability to send and receive thoughts to and from a
willing target.
Effect: You may engage in silent, mind-to-mind
communication with any target in your line of
sight. Unwilling targets may attempt to block the
communication with a successful Will Save (DC 10 +
your Charisma modifier). This ability may be used at
will as a free action.
Action: Free.
Duration: Unlimited.
Usage: Unlimited.
Mind Stun
You can mentally stun a target for a short duration.

(DC 10 + your Charisma modifier), the target is
stunned. A character that becomes stunned loses his or
her Dexterity bonus, drops what he or she is holding,
and can take no attack or move actions. In addition,
they take a 2 penalty to Defense.
Action: Attack.
Duration: Instant.
Usage: Unlimited.
Mind Blast
You can mentally stun a target for a longer duration.

Prerequisites: Telepathy, Mind Stun.
(DC 10 + your Charisma modifier), the target is
stunned. A character that becomes stunned loses his or
her Dexterity bonus, drops what he or she is holding,
and can take no attack or move actions. In addition,
they take a 2 penalty to Defense.
Action: Attack.
advancement.
Usage: Telepathy.
Mind Strike
You can mentally attack a target, inflicting pain and

agony.
Prerequisites: Telepathy, Mind Stun.
Effect: You attack the targets mind, causing 1d6
points of mental damage plus 1d6 for each time you
have advanced your Telepathy mutation (maximum
5d6). The target may make a Will save (DC 10 + your
Charisma modifier) to reduce the damage by half.
Action: Attack.
Duration: Instant.
Usage: Telepathy.
Mind Crush
You can mentally attack a target, inflicting pain and

agony.
Prerequisites: Telepathy, Mind Stun, Mind Strike.
Effect: You attack the targets mind, causing 2d6
points of mental damage plus 1d6 for each time
the mutant has advanced her Telepathy mutation
(maximum 10d6). The target may make a Will save
(DC 10 + your Charisma modifier) to reduce the
damage by half.
Action: Attack.
Duration: Instant.
Usage: Telepathy.
Precognitive Combat
You sense your opponents defensive measures before

they are taken.
Prerequisites: Precognition, Foresight.
Effect: You gain an insight bonus equal to your
Wisdom modifier to attack rolls. Activating this
ability is a free action and lasts to the end of combat.
Action: Free.
Duration: Combat.
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Precognitive Dodge
You sense your opponents attacks before they are

launched.
Effect: You gain a dodge bonus to your Defense
equal to your Wisdom modifier and cannot be flanked
while this ability is functioning. Activating this ability
is a free action and lasts to the end of combat.
Action: Free.
Duration: Combat.
Precognitive Reflexes
You see your opponents attacks before they are

launched.
Prerequisites: Precognition, Foresight,
Precognitive Dodge.
Effect: For one round, the mutant may take an
attack of opportunity on every opponent that attempts
to make a melee attack against him. He may only take
one attack of opportunity per opponent. If he hits the
attacker, the opponents attack misses. These attacks
of opportunity do not count against your attacks of
opportunity for that round.
Action: Free.
Duration: One Round.
Perceive Danger
A heightened form of danger sense, this ability allows

you to actually visualize danger before it happens.
Prerequisites: Precognition, Foresight, Danger
Sense.
Effect: When you are required to make a Reflex
save, you may, instead, make a Will save to avoid
the danger. If the save is successful, you suffer no ill
effects. Just like the Evasion ability, if a successful
save normally dictates half damage, you suffer no
damage.
Action: Free.
Duration: One d20 roll.
Perceive Outcome
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You can gain insight into the outcome of one action.

Effect: After you have made a d20 roll (attack roll,
skill check, or similar action), you may choose to
commit to that action or take a different action. You
must declare you are using this ability before you
roll and may not attempt the same action twice. For
example, you declare you are using Perceive Outcome
on an attack roll with your sword. You fail to hit an
enemy with your sword. With this knowledge, you
then choose to tumble away instead of attacking. This
ability may only be used once per round.

Action: Free.
Psychic Interrogation
You place your target in a deep hypnotic trance in

which he cannot lie.
Prerequisites: Telepathy, Mental Communication,
Lie Detector.
Effect: If the target of this ability fails a Will save
(DC 10 + your Charisma modifier), he enters into a
trance and must answer questions truthfully to the
best of his ability. The trance lasts a maximum of
10 minutes plus 10 minutes for each time you have
advanced your Telepathy mutation.
Action: Attack.
Duration: 10 minutes plus 10 minutes per Telepathy
advancement.
Usage: Telepathy.
Rain of Objects
You shower your opponent with a storm of small

objects in combat, damaging and distracting him.
Prerequisites: Telekinesis, Telekinetic Hand.
Effect: You make a ranged attack against your
opponent. If this attack is successful, you inflict 1d6
points of bludgeoning damage plus one for each time
you have advanced your Telekinesis mutation. The
target also suffers a 1 penalty to attack rolls on the
round this ability is used. This ability is an attack
action and has a range increment of 10 feet.
Action: Attack.
Duration: One attack.
Usage: Unlimited.
Second Chance
You can gain insight into the outcome of one action

and use that knowledge to try again.
Prerequisites: Precognition, Foresight, Perceive
Outcome.
Effect: After using Perceive Outcome, you can
attempt the same action, using the knowledge of the
outcome to improve your chances. You gain an insight
bonus to the roll equal to your Wisdom modifier. This
ability may only be used once per round.
Action: Free.
Telekinetic Mastery
You have mastered the skill of basic Telekinesis. You

can now move more weight and unwilling targets.
Additionally, you can move objects faster.
Effect: This ability doubles the amount of weight

you are capable of moving with Telekinesis and allows
you to move objects at a speed of 20 feet per round.
In addition, you move unwilling creatures or items
they hold. Unwilling creatures are granted a Strength
check (DC 10 + your Constitution modifier) to negate
the effects.
Action: Attack.
advancement
Usage: Telekinesis.
Telekinetic Throw
You can use Telekinesis to hurl one object at another

object.
Telekinesis Mastery, Rain of Objects.
Effect: You can hurl one object toward another
target within 20 feet plus 20 feet per Telekinesis
advancement of each other. You must be able to
move the weight of the object you are attempting to
throw (see Telekinesis mutation) and it must be within
the range of your Telekinesis. Unwilling creatures
are granted a Will save (DC 10 + your Constitution
modifier) to avoid being thrown.
To hit the target, you must succeed at an attack
roll, using your base attack plus Intelligence modifier.
Both the target and thrown objects take the same
damage. The game master must determine the
damage, ranging from 1 point per 25 pounds (for less
dangerous objects) to 1d6 points of damage per 25
pounds for harder, denser objects (maximum 10d6).
Throwing a typical humanoid at another humanoid
does 1d6 damage per 25 pounds. Telekinetic Throw is
a full round action.
Action: Attack.
Duration: Full round attack
Usage: Telekinesis.
Telekinetic Disarm
You can deprive your opponent of his weapon with

telekinetic force at a distance.
Effect: You may make a Disarm attack at range.
Except for the fact that this ability may be used at
range, this attack works like the normal Disarm
maneuver (use your Constitution, rather than Strength
for the opposed check, however).
Action: Attack.
Duration: One Disarm attempt.
Usage: Telekinesis.
Telekinetic Guide
Using Telekinesis, you can help guide and propel

thrown weapons.
Prerequisite: Telekinesis.
Effect: You can direct a thrown weapon in flight,

giving that weapon +2 to hit and increasing its range
increment by 50%.
Action: Free.
Duration: One Attack.
Usage: Unlimited.
Telekinetic Hand
You are beginning to master your telekinetic abilities,

and can now create a telekinetic hand that is able to
grasp and handle objects
Effect: You can use a telekinetic hand to grasp and
handle objects just like a normal hand. It can open
doors, turn keys, or attack with weapons. Whatever
action the telekinetic hand takes is counted against
your actions for that round. For example, if the
telekinetic hand opened a door, it uses your move
action. If the telekinetic hand attacks with a melee
weapon, it uses your attack action. The telekinetic
hand may make a full round action. Using a move
action, you can move the telekinetic hand 20 feet.
The telekinetic hands cannot be damaged and is
considered a medium sized hand. It can hold only
half the weight as your Telekinesis ability. You can
only create and control one telekinetic hand at a time.
Creating a telekinetic hand is a move-equivalent
action. A telekinetic hand is nearly invisible (three
quarters concealment) when not holding an object.
Observant creatures may notice a visual distortion in
the space it occupies with a successful spot check (DC
16).
Special: If you attempt to take a full round attack
action, using both your telekinetic and natural hands,
your telekinetic hand is considered a secondary attack,
suffering all the relevant penalties.
Action: Move to create.
advancement.
Usage: Unlimited.
Telekinetic Hand II
You can now create two telekinetic hands that are able
to grasp and handle objects
Effect: This ability functions the same as Telekinetic
Hand except that you may create an additional hand.
The additional hand may be used in conjunction with
the first telekinetic hand to hold a 2-hand weapon or
may function on its own. You may move both hands
20 feet with a single move action. If you take a full
round attack, attacking with both your telekinetic and
natural hands, the telekinetic hands are considered
secondary attacks, suffering all the relevant penalties.
You can create both telekinetic hands as a single
move-equivalent action.
Action: Move to create.
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advancement.
Usage: Telekinesis.
Telekinetic Punch
You strike your opponent with a blast of pure

telekinetic force.
Effect: You may make a ranged attack that inflicts
1d6 points of bludgeoning damage plus 1d6 for each
time you have advanced your Telekinesis mutation
(maximum 5d6).
Action: Attack.
Usage: Telekinesis.
Telekinetic Shield
You have learned how to focus your telekinetic

abilities to create a shield of force to deflect attacks.
Effect: You can create a shield that provides half
cover (+4 Defense and +2 on Reflex saves against
attacks that affect her area), but does not impede you
in any way. Raising a telekinetic shield is a moveequivalent action. A telekinetic shield is nearly
invisible (three quarters concealment). Observant
creatures may notice a visual distortion in the space
around you with a successful spot check (DC 16).
Action: Move.
advancement.
Usage: Telekinesis.
Telekinetic Shield II
You have learned how to focus your telekinetic

abilities to create a powerful shield of force to
deflect attacks.
Prerequisites: Telekinesis, Telekinetic Shield.
Effect: You can create a shield that provides three
quarters cover (+7 Defense and +3 on Reflex saves
against attacks that affect your area), but does not
impede you in any way. Raising a telekinetic shield
is a move-equivalent action. Observant creatures may
notice a visual distortion in the space around you with
a successful spot check (DC 14).
Action: Move.
advancement.
Usage: Telekinesis.
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Telekinetic Slam
You strike your opponent with an improved blast of

pure telekinetic force.
Telekinetic Punch.
Effect: You may make a ranged attack that inflicts
2d6 points of bludgeoning damage plus 1d6 for each
time you have advanced your Telekinesis mutation
(maximum 10d6).
Action: Attack.
Usage: Telekinesis.
Telekinetic Sword
You can generate a melee weapon of kinetic energy

using the power of your thoughts alone.
Effect: The weapon sprouts from your palm and
can be grasped without harm, permitting you to wield
it like a sword. The telekinetic sword (critical 19-20,
x2) cannot be dropped or sundered, and it inflicts 1d6
points of slashing damage plus 1d6 for each time you
have advanced your Telekinesis mutation (maximum
3d6). Creating a telekinetic sword is a moveequivalent action. A telekinetic sword is visible and
glows in a 10-foot radius.
Action: Move.
advancement.
Usage: Telekinesis.
Telekinetic Sword II
You can generate a melee weapon of powerful kinetic

energy using the power of your thoughts alone.
Telekinetic Sword.
Effect: The weapon sprouts from your palm and
can be grasped without harm, permitting you to wield
it like a sword. The telekinetic sword (critical 19-20,
x2) cannot be dropped or sundered, and it inflicts 2d6
points of slashing damage plus 1d6 for each time you
have advanced your Telekinesis mutation (maximum
6d6). Creating a telekinetic sword is a moveequivalent action.
Action: Move.
advancement.
Usage: Telekinesis
CHAPTER 3:
Artifacts of
the Ancients
Mr. President, we are rapidly
approaching a moment of truth both for
ourselves as human beings and for the
life of our nation. Now, truth is not always
a pleasant thing. But it is necessary now
to make a choice, to choose between two
admittedly regrettable, but nevertheless
*distinguishable*, postwar environments:
one where you got twenty million people
killed, and the other where you got a
hundred and fifty million people killed.
Youre talking about mass murder,
General, not war!
Mr. President, Im not saying we
wouldnt get our hair mussed. But I do say
no more than ten to twenty million killed,
tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.
- General Buck Turgidson and President
Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove
Every
scav, raider, and merchant
knows that the scarred lands of the Twisted Earth,
though seemingly desolate and broken to the

untrained eye, are anything but empty. Though
a wild, unchecked wind howls mercilessly by day
and night in some regions, and the sun is unfettered
in torturing the earth with its searing blaze, hidden
among the sands, lost hills, and naked mountains
are jewels of a sort. Even the dark smudges of
fused glass and molten metal once known as cities,
which often sprout like unexpected flowers in the
sand, bear treasures worth searching for, finding,
and bringing back to life.
Market places, village bazaars, and established trade

houses deal in all manner of goods. Even in the ruined
cities, where communities live and die by brutal
violence, some shops are known to still operate.
Goods exchanged either conform to traditional barter
rules (trading one item for another of equal value), or,
in some places, the exchange of corium pieces.
What Can And Cant Be Bought
When all is said and done, its really up to the GM

to determine what items can and cannot be bought.
In general, it is suggested that firearms (but not
primitive black powder weapons), energy weapons,
and advanced armor types be out of reach. They are far
too precious for most communities to even consider
trading. Automatic weapons may be made available
to certain characters whose origins are suggestive of a
more advanced culture or military organization.
Most other artifacts will be hoarded as precious
reminders of mans glory - as a result, even something
as useless as a TV sets remote control will probably
not be for sale. Only common things such as food,
basic clothing, and post-war survival gear (sun hats,
canvas bags, etc) will be available in the typical
market.
The exception to this rule is in the case of a
campaign that uses a detailed trade settlement as its
base. It is useful to keep a list of things characters
have sold off at markets. If characters die off, a new
party may come to the same market and find these
things still for sale. Then again, even if the party
lives, it may need to buy those items back for some
unforeseen reason. In this manner the referee can
create a market with real items of value for sale, not
just common goods, with a widely fluctuating stock.
Starting Gear
All characters in Darwins World start with a certain
amount of equipment. The amount of gear given
is meant to represent years of scrounging, pack rat
hoarding, etc.
The amount of money a character begins with is
given under his Occupation.
Trade
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An essential part of playing Darwins World is trade

- characters will, no doubt, at some point wish to cash
in artifacts and excess items for goods and/or services.
Trade is essential to acquiring things characters cant
find on their own, whether its food, weapons, or
simple spare parts. As a result, this section deals with
trade, barter, and bargaining.
Barter Vs. A Coin-Based Economy

The economy of the post-holocaust world is based
mainly on barter (the exchange of equitable goods),
since the existing currencies of the world have long

been valueless copper and nickel simply dont cut it
when theres an emptiness in your stomach. Indeed,
even fancy minerals and metals like gold and silver
holds little or no value in Darwins World (sure gold
is pretty, but a bar of it is far less valuable than a liter
of fresh water), and thus the only system that remains
viable is barter.
All items in Darwins World are given a base value
in cp (see Corium, below), intended to permit the
referee to regulate the basic value of items for trades
and barter.
A referee should feel free to modify an items value
depending on local availability (one way to get excess
gear out of characters hands if theyre getting too
powerful)!
Corium Pieces
(cp; equals one gold piece or dollar)
Corium is a resource widely accepted throughout the
Twisted Earth as a universal form of money. When
a nuclear reactor melts down, the molten core often
cools into pillar-like formations of metal that glow
with a subtle incandescence in the dark, generating its
own internal heat.
Corium is mined throughout the wasteland in spots
known to have once been reactors or power plant
facilities; miners risk long-term radiation dangers,
but the profit is immense for those willing to put on a
helmet and go down beneath the earth into the core.
Many communities use slaves or conscripts instead
to mine their corium deposits. In any event, corium
metal is typically formed into coins (generally the
shape is flat oval nuggets) and used as a monetary unit
and their mines jealously guarded.
Though of little practical use, corium cannot be
duplicated or falsified, and thus remains widely
accepted as currency for trade, in place of or
supplementing traditional barter.
Variation: In some places, corium pieces might
instead be replaced by a currency of bottle caps, handprinted pay slips, or transferable meal tickets good
for one meal in that communitys soup kitchens.
Corium Pieces vs. Wealth

The Wealth system presented in d20 Modern, while
ideal for the complex economy of modern times,
does not function well in a post-apocalyptic setting.
Characters in Darwins World rarely have large assets,
and the markets and bazaars are limited. With scarce
resources, supply and demand is in constant flux.
What is cheap in one community may be priceless in
another.
Several of the equipment tables from d20 Modern
have been included in this book with updated prices
(see appendix). These prices take into consideration
the resources available in post apocalyptic earth
and the lack of mass production. Few, if any, of the
items present in d20 Modern are manufactured in

mass quantities. Only skilled craftsmen, a rarity in
the wastelands, produce these items now. Often,
when characters are purchasing equipment, they are
receiving items salvaged by traders and scavs found
among the ruins of the Ancients.
However, if you still prefer to use the Wealth
system, using the conversion table found in the
Gamemastering section of d20 Modern should provide
an adequate guide for converting prices found in
Darwins World. Simply convert corium prices as if
they were dollars.
There may be a situation where you need to covert
from Wealth to corium (i.e. using a d20 Modern
supplement from another publisher). When converting
from Wealth to corium, consult the conversion table
found in the Gamemastering section of d20 Modern
to get a dollar value and then double it to get a corium
price. Why double? Most purchase DCs consider
mass-production into the pricing equation, a nearly
non-existent practice in post apocalyptic earth.
Appendix Tables
At the back of this book you will find a comprehensive
appendix, listing all the relevant equipment found in
Darwins World and d20 Modern. These tables include
corium prices for d20 Modern.
WEAPONS
FIREARMS
(see Repair skill). Game masters should require

that salvage materials be from moderate or greater
mechanical objects. Each firearm has a Craft DC.
Craft DCs for firearms found in d20 modern can be
found in the appendix.
Handguns
Black Powder Pistol
These primitive weapons are still created in the
wasteland, and resemble their historical counterparts in
both appearance and function. Indeed, some museum
pieces are still around, used in the manner for which
they were originally intended for, but in the hands of
raiders, thugs, and killers.
A black powder pistol requires a full-round action to
reload.
Calico M100
The Calico M100 was a revolutionary weapon that
made use of a special helical magazine, which feeds
the ammunition into the weapon along a curled, helixlike train. Attached to the upper back of the weapon,
it gives the M100 a unique appearance. Using .22
long rifle ammunition, this permits the magazine to
hold an unprecedented 100 rounds! The Calico M100
is light enough to be fired in one hand, though longer
(and heavier) 9mm versions require a wood or folding
stock.
The M-100, when broken down, can fit in a standard
backpack. Disassembling the weapon is a full-round
action.
Still in use, after all these

decades, are the primitive
firearms, weapons that fire
(in general) projectiles of lead
or lead shot. This section includes a selection of both
generic firearms (such as black powder weapons) and
specific futuristic firearms not covered in the d20
Modern rulebook.
Crafting Firearms
Some skilled characters will want to Craft their
own firearms. Crafting anything modern (or more
advanced) is difficult in post apocalyptic earth.
Resources and knowledge are rare. Even if the
characters posses knowledge of mechanics, the
technology of firearms is even more of a specific
science. Unless the character has the Modern Firearms
Discipline feat, he suffers a 4 non-discipline penalty
to Craft checks when creating firearms.
Crafting a firearm typically takes 24 hours and
requires raw material equal to one third of the cost of
the item. The raw materials can be bought or salvaged
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TABLE 3-1: RANGED WEAPONS

Weapon
Damage Critical
Pistols (require the Personal Firearms Proficiency feat)

Black powder pistol (special pistol)
2d6
20
Dart pistol (special pistol)
See text
FA Casull (.50AE revolver) 1
2d8
20
GSh-18 (9mm* autoloader)
2d6
20
MP-443 Grach (9mmR autoloader)
2d6
20
PSM (5.45mmR autoloader)
2d6
20
Zip gun (special pistol)
See text
20
Damage Range Rate of

Magazine Weight
Type Increment Fire
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
50 ft.
20 ft.
40 ft.
30 ft.
30 ft.
30 ft.
20 ft.
Single
1 int.
Single
1 int.
Single 5 cylinder
S
18 box
S
17 box
S
8 box
Single
1 int.
Machine Pistols (require the Personal Firearms Proficiency feat)

Calico M100 (.22 machine pistol)
2d4
20
Ballistic
Sa.23 (9mmR machine pistol)
2d6
20
Ballistic
50 ft.
50 ft.
S, A
S, A
Submachine Guns (require the Personal Firearms Proficiency feat)

Bizon (9mmR SMG)
2d6
20
Ballistic
Calico Liberty 50 (9mm SMG)
2d6
20
Ballistic
Colt 635 (9mm SMG)
2d6
20
Ballistic
FN P-90 (5.56mm SMG)
2d8
20
Ballistic
Ruger MP-9 (9mm SMG)
2d6
20
Ballistic
40 ft.
75 ft.
75 ft.
50 ft.
40 ft.
Rifles (require the Personal Firearms Proficiency feat)

AR-7 Explorer (.22 rifle)
2d4
20
Black powder rifle (special rifle)
2d8
20
Dart rifle (special rifle)
See text
Pipe rifle (special rifle)
See text
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Size
Cost
Craft
DC
3 lb.
3 lb.
6 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
5 lb.
Small
250 cp
Small
300 cp
Medium 900 cp
Small 1,200 cp
Small
900 cp
Tiny
700 cp
Tiny
See text
16
17
23
25
25
25
12
100 box
40 box
7 lb.
7 lb.
Medium 1,100 cp
Small 1,300 cp
25
25
S, A
S, A
S, A
S, A
S, A
67 box
50 box
32 box
50 box
32 box
5 lb.
5 lb.
5 lb.
6 lb.
7 lb.
Medium
Large
Medium
Medium
Medium
2,000 cp
2,300 cp
2,300 cp
2,700 cp
1,800 cp
25
25
25
25
25
70 ft.
50 ft.
50 ft.
30 ft.
Single
Single
Single
Single
8 box
1 int.
1 int.
1 int.
5 lb.
10 lb.
5 lb.
8 lb.
Large
Large
Large
Large
1,200 cp
400 cp
350 cp
250 cp
23
16
17
14
Assault Rifles (require the Personal Firearms Proficiency feat)

AN-94 (5.56mmR assault rifle) 1
2d8
20
Ballistic
Bushmaster M-17S (.5.56mm assault rifle)
2d8
20
Ballistic
F2000 (5.56 assault rifle) 1
2d8
20
Ballistic
HK G-11 (4.7mm assault rifle) 1
2d8
20
Ballistic
OC-14 Groza (9mmR assault rifle)
2d6
20
Ballistic
QBZ-95 (5.8mm assault rifle)
2d8
20
Ballistic
Steyr ACR (5.6mm assault rifle) 1
2d8
20
Ballistic
70 ft.
80 ft.
60 ft.
80 ft.
70 ft.
80 ft.
90 ft.
S, A
S, A
S, A
S
S, A
S, A
S, A
30 box
30 box
30 box
45 box
20 box
30 box
24 box
8 lb.
8 lb.
9 lb.
8 lb.
7 lb.
7 lb.
7 lb.
Large
Large
Large
Large
Large
Large
Large
900 cp
1,500 cp
2,500 cp
3,000 cp
2,500 cp
1,200 cp
3,200 cp
25
26
26
26
26
26
27
Sniper Rifles (require the Personal Firearms Proficiency feat)

Steyr IWS-2000 (15.2mm sniper rifle)
2d12
20
Ballistic
VSS Vintorez (9mmR sniper rifle)
2d6
20
Ballistic
350 ft.
140 ft.
S
S
5 box
10 box
36 lb.
7 lb.
Huge
Large
7,000 cp
4,500 cp
27
27
Shotguns (require the Personal Firearms Proficiency feat)

HK CAWS (12-gauge shotgun)
2d8
20
Jackhammer Mk3A1 (12-gauge shotgun)
2d8
20
Remington Streetsweeper (12-gauge shot)
2d8
20
Valtro PM-5-350 (12-gauge shotgun)
2d8
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
30 ft.
30 ft.
30 ft.
30 ft.
S, A
10 box
8 lb.
Large 1,200 cp
A 10 cylinder 10 lb.
Large 1,200 cp
S 12 cylinder 9 lb. Medium 1,000 cp
S
7 box
8 lb. Medium 1,000 cp
25
25
24
24
Heavy Weapons (require the Exotic Firearms Proficiency feat)

Calico 2-22 (light machinegun)
2d4
20
Ballistic
M214 Minigun (heavy machinegun)
4d12
20
Ballistic
RPG-7/16 (rocket launcher)
See text
See text
70 ft.
100 ft.
150 ft.
A
A
1
10 box
Linked
1 int.
10 lb.
30 lb.
15 lb.
Huge
Huge
Large
1,200 cp
4,000 cp
2,000 cp
25
26
26
1 This mastercraft weapon grants a +1 bonus on attack rolls.

2 This weapon does special damage. See the weapon description.
3 See the description of this weapon for special rules.
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This weapon features a three-round burst setting.

When used with the Burst Fire feat, it fires only three
rounds instead of five and can be used with only three
rounds in the weapon. This setting does not grant the
ability to make burst fire attacks without the Burst Fire
feat; if you use the setting without the feat, you make a
normal attack, and the extra two rounds are wasted.
Though low-powered, the high ammunition capacity

of the M100, as well as the widespread availability
of .22 long rifle ammunition (used in many sport and
varmint rifles before the Fall), have made this a
weapon prized by scavs and others who must survive
for long periods without contact with civilization.
Dart Pistol
Dart guns (usually rifles, but sometimes pistols) use
compressed air to fire a hypodermic dart; this dart can
be filled with chemicals, drugs, or poisons and loaded
into the single-shot breech before firing.
Damage from a dart gun is negligible, but any hit
injects the chemical into the target (up to two doses of
any given chemical/drug can be loaded into a dart).
FA Casull
The Freedom Arms Casull is a huge revolver designed
primarily for hunting - and exotic collecting. Though
a number of variants were produced, all employed
high caliber cartridges (.357 magnum, .44 magnum,
.454, and .50 caliber), making the Casull one of the
most powerful revolvers ever produced. Made from
stainless steel, with a hardwood stock and grip, the
Casull is a work of art. Due to its high quality of
manufacture, the Casull is considered a mastercraft
weapon. As such, it grants a +1 bonus on attack rolls.
Extremely powerful, the Casull is beloved by many
leaders of the worlds various raider gangs, and by
would-be raider kings to whom the Casull is an
excellent match for their own ego and cruelty.
GSh-18
The Gryazev and Shipunow GSh-18 is an extremely
rugged sidearm of Russian manufacture. While it has
an exceptional magazine capacity (18 rounds), the
most remarkable feature of the weapon is its ability to
fire both 9mm Russian and 9mm NATO cartridges.
While rare, owners of an GSh-18 prize the weapon
for its extended magazine capacity (very useful in a
prolonged firefight with ghouls or other ruin-denizens)
and the fact that ammunition for it is easy to find
across the wasteland.
MP-443 Grach
Designed as the replacement for the Makarov, the MP443 Grach is a high ammo capacity automatic pistol
with ambidextrous grip.
PSM
A Russian-made pistol, the PSM (Pistolet
Samozaryadny Malogabaritny, or small self-loading
pistol) was originally designed as the personal
sidearm of top Army commanders, though its
construction was relatively low-grade utilizing thin
aluminum and steel. The 5.45mm cartridge, however,
proved superior to the .22 LR and .25 ACP rounds
used in many guns of a similar size.
The rarity of these weapons has made them a
favorite of raider leaders and bandit lords of the desert
wasteland.
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Sa.23
The Czech-manufactured Sa.23 was widely used by
a number of third world countries across the globe,
with extensive use in Africa. Because it is a compact
weapon with relatively well-distributed weight, it can
be fired one-handed.
These cheap, antiquated firearms are quite abundant
all across the Twisted Earth, a testament to the
diversity and numbers of impoverished enemies who
threw their lot in with the other powers of the world to
invade America in the Final War.
Zip Gun
The zip gun is a cheaply manufactured piece of
homemade hardware, usually just a metal frame or
wooden handled pistol. The barrel can be made
from any piece of pipe or tube. Real pistol cartridges
are used in the gun, however, and a high-tensile spring
is used as a hammer. When the spring is triggered, the
bullet is hammered and fired out of the barrel.
The damage inflicted by a zip gun depends on what
kind of round it is designed to fire (use any pistol
round). The purchase price is based on the caliber.

Zip guns can only be fired once (the shot ruins the
barrel and firing mechanism), and are of limited range
and accuracy.
Raiders and desperados seeking an easily concealed
weapon craft zip guns. Virtually any thug with at least
one spare round of ammunition can make a zip gun
from readily available materials such as pipe or tubing.
Zip Gun Type
9mm
10mm
.22 caliber
.32 caliber
.38 caliber
.357 caliber
.44 caliber
.45 caliber
.50AE caliber
Damage
2d6
2d6
2d4
2d4
2d6
2d6
2d8
2d6
2d8
Cost
75 cp
75 cp
50 cp
50 cp
75 cp
75 cp
100 cp
75 cp
150 cp
Longarms
AN-94 Abakan
Designed as a replacement for the aging AK-74, the
AN-94 is essentially a more accurate version of that
venerable workhorse. Because of the AN-94 s special
delayed blowback mechanism, recoil is only felt at the
end of a sustained burst making it far more accurate
a weapon than many automatic weapons.
feat; if you use the setting without the feat, you make
a normal attack, and the extra two rounds are wasted.
Due to its high quality of manufacture, the AN-94
Abakan is considered a mastercraft weapon. As such,
it grants a +1 bonus on attack rolls.
AK-47s and AK-74s are commonly found among
the communities of the atomic ruin, and the AN-94 is
likewise a frequent sight in the hands of many postwar survivors and peoples across the Twisted Earth.
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AR-7 Explorer
The Charter Arms AR-7 Explorer is one of the more
unique guns of the past, first created to arm aircraft
pilots in the event of an ejection over enemy territory
for defense as well as for hunting game. A skeletal
design, the AR-7 is completely collapsible and the
entire weapon can be stored inside its own buttstock!
In addition, the construction of the weapon permits
it to float harmlessly in water, whether completely
assembled or not, without risking malfunction.
The AR-7, when broken down, can fit in a standard
backpack. Disassembling the weapon is a full-round
action.
Weapons of this kind became extremely popular
among survivalists during the Years of Entropy, when
a handful fled to the few remaining wilderness areas to
escape the decadence of civilization - and what they
perceived to be the inevitable invasion of America.
A hunters weapon, it was also a favorite of so-called
militia cells. Today it remains a common sight
among scavs and other wilderness travelers.
Bizon
The Russia-made Bizon heavy submachine gun
utilizes a helical magazine not unlike the kind seen on
the Calico M100 and Calico Liberty 50, though with
the improved 9mm round the Bizons magazine holds
67 rounds. The rest of the weapon is based largely on
the aging AK-47 design.

Black Powder Rifle

The black powder rifle, or musket, is one of the most
common firearms in the wasteland. Similar to those
fashioned in early American history, these weapons
are unpredictable, have a slow reload rate, and require
constant and tedious maintenance.
A black powder rifle requires a full-round action to
reload.
Carved from sacred wood with religious reverence,
and fitted with intricate workings of metal scavenged
from the ruins and re-shaped by mutant hands,
muskets are the ultimate tool of war for many
primitive communities and survivors from the savage
wasteland. Made with a deteriorating understanding
of technology, the musket is an impressive artifact that
roars with sound, smoke, and fire. Oftentimes those
who use muskets decorate them with carvings of their
primitive war gods or picture stories of the great
enemies they have been instrumental in slaying. As
such each musket is a work of art.
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Bushmaster M-17S
The Bushmaster is an American-manufactured
bullpup .223 assault carbine, based on the AR-18 and
capable of accepting all M-16 and AR-15 magazines.
The majority of the weapon is made of composite
polymers, Teflon, and aircraft aluminum.
Calico Liberty 50
The Liberty 50 is the 9mm variant of the Calico M100,
a carbine version with a longer barrel, wooden or
polymer buttstock, and 50 round helical magazine (the
reduced magazine capacity is due to the larger round).
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Colt 635
Though outwardly resembling the M16 (and thus easy
for users familiar with that weapon to master), the
Colt 635 uses pistol rounds instead of the standard
rifle projectile. Though not exactly on par with the
non-lethal weapons developed for that purpose,
this low-powered weapon was issued extensively to
Department of Energy nuclear power plant security
forces (in addition to other special security and law
enforcement buyers).
These weapons are often found in the mutated
hands of the Brotherhood of Radiation, whose bizarre
monastic order often controls the few remaining
ruined atomic power plants from before the Fall as
holy sites.
Dart Rifle
A dart rifle is a longer-range version of a dart pistol.
Damage from a dart gun is negligible, but any hit
injects the chemical payload into the target when hit
(up to two doses of any given chemical/drug can be
loaded into a dart).
FN Herstal F2000
A truly futuristic weapon, in appearance as well as
construction, the F2000 is a modular bullpup weapon
of Belgian design. The unique part of the F2000 is
its modular components, which allow a user to mount
either a 40mm grenade launcher, or a non-lethal
module that fires 12 gauge tear gas pellets. Cartridges
are ejected from the front of the weapon, and
ambidextrous controls mean it is usable by right- and
left-handed users.
Though the F2000 comes with a standard scope, an
advanced scope specifically designed for the weapon
(computerized fire control module) grants a +1
mastercraft bonus to both the weapon and any grenade
launcher attached to it.
Tear gas dispensed via the tear gas pellets fired from
the F2000 only fills the four squares around the target,
and does not expand each round (like an actual tear
gas grenade). Dispersal is as normal.

FN P-90
Designed primarily for the close-in defense of vehicle
crews, the FN P-90 is a futuristic bullpup weapon
of Belgian design that employs the unique SS190
5.56mm round to defeat most body armor and similar
infantry protection something that most submachine
guns have difficulty with. In addition, the weapons
overall lightweight and high magazine capacity (50
rounds) make it an exceptional firearm.
Ambidextrous components make the P-90 usable by
both right- and left-handed users.
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Heckler & Koch CAWS

The Heckler & Koch Close Assault Weapon System is
an advanced automatic shotgun that fires a specialized
form of ammunition of tungsten pellets or flechettes.
The design of the weapon is such that recoil is greatly
reduced and rate of fire is comparable to many other
burst-capable weapons.
While not widely used by the military forces of the
Ancients, the HK CAWS saw widespread deployment
among SWAT teams and law enforcement in many of
the major cities during the chaotic years preceding the
Fall.
Heckler & Koch G-11

The boxy HK G-11 is unique in that it fires a special
4.7mm caseless projectile. The projectile itself is
basically embedded in the propellant of explosive
lacquer, which disintegrates on firing leaving no case
to eject. Curiously, rounds in the magazine enter the
chamber at an angle, before being rotated 90 degrees
to fall in line with the barrel, and are discharged in
such a way that recoil is not felt until all rounds in a
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burst have already been fired cutting the effects of

muzzle recoil on accuracy to almost nothing. Though
relatively small, the deficiency in the stopping power
of the 4.7mm round is made up for by the weapons
high rate of fire.
The G-11 has a standard scope built in.
Due to its high quality of manufacture, the G-11 is
considered a mastercraft weapon. As such, it grants a
+1 bonus on attack rolls.
Jackhammer Mk3A1
The American-made Jackhammer is an unusual
shotgun design in that it is solely automatic, unlike
even the powerful HK CAWS (which is also an
automatic shotgun). As if this werent unconventional
enough, the Jackhammer employs a revolutionary
revolving 10-round cylinder, not too different in
appearance and operation from traditional sidearm
revolvers.
The weapons cylinder must be manually reloaded
just like a normal revolver.
While extraordinarily rare, the Jackhammer is
favored by the warrior-monks of the Foundation as the
weapon of choice for their knights and paladins. This
is due not only to the weapons capabilities as a fully
automatic shotgun, but also because of its futuristic
appearance.
OC-14 Groza
The Groza (thunder) is a remarkable weapons
system that was designed to be easily converted
for various duties. Using a kit, quick alterations to
the weapon convert it from a basic assault rifle to
an assault carbine, silenced assault rifle, or assault
rifle/grenade launcher (40mm) combination. A
special version, the Groza-1, was developed for the
Spetsnaz and utilizes the same clip as the AK-74. The
Groza accepts a suppressor without modification.
feat; if you use the setting without
the feat, you make a
normal attack, and
the extra two rounds
are wasted.
Pipe Rifle
These generic weapons are simply homemade rifles
(much like the zip gun), making use of any length
of pipe and attaching it crudely to a stock to control
recoil. Regular rifle cartridges are used in the gun,
and a primitive breech-load is generally fitted. Shot
capacity is invariably one round at a time.
The damage inflicted by a pipe rifle depends on
what kind of round it is designed to fire (use any rifle
round). The purchase DC is based on the caliber.
Any critical miss with a pipe rifle results in the
weapon being destroyed due to misfire.
Pipe rifles are extremely common weapons among
tribal communities, desert villages, and raider gangs
alike, due primarily to their ease of manufacture and
the quickness with which they can be produced.
Pipe Rifle Type
.22 LR
5.56mm
7.62mmR
7.62mm
Damage
2d4
2d8
2d8
2d10
Cost
150 cp
250 cp
250 cp
350 cp
Due to unreliable construction, .444 caliber, .50

caliber, and shotgun ammunition cannot be used in a
pipe rifle.
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QBZ-95
Ruger MP-9
A Chinese bullpup assault rifle, the QBZ-95 has a

polymer casing and magazine, chambered to fire the
5.8mm round (though export versions use the 5.56mm
NATO cartridge). There is also a carbine version of
this weapon with a significantly shortened barrel.
While rare elsewhere, the QBZ-95 is relatively
common along what used to be the west coast of the
United States - apparently leftovers from the nowvanished Asian invaders that stormed the beaches just
prior to the Fall.
The so-called improved Uzi, the MP-9 is based

on the original Uzi design of Uziel Gal, but with
a composite construction, greater accuracy, and a
telescoping buttstock that can be folded right against
the back of the weapon.
Remington Streetsweeper
Another unusual shotgun following unconventional
design specifications, the Remington Streetsweeper
(based on the Armsel Striker) is an effective room
broom weapon due to its remarkably short barrel
length (the shortest being a mere 2 to 7) and springloaded 12-round revolving cylinder. Most of these
shortened versions were outlawed during the time
of the Ancients, but remained in circulation in the
underground black market regardless.
The weapons cylinder must be manually reloaded
just like a normal revolver.
Those few surviving examples of this weapon have
become extremely popular among raider gangs not
only due to their formidable appearance and name, but
also their ease of handling in tight quarters.
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Steyr ACR
The Steyr Advanced Combat Rifle (or ACR) is
a unique weapon with uncommon characteristics
it fires a flechette dart within a sabot round that
maintains velocity and accuracy over great ranges.
Firing an extremely fast and stable projectile, it
has been described as having almost ray-gun
performance, hitting exactly where it is aimed almost
regardless of the targets movement. This same high
velocity gives the ACR excellent penetrating power,
and the relatively diminutive size of the flechette
results in minimal recoil.
Like the Steyr AUG, the ACR has ambidextrous
components that make it usable by both right- and lefthanded users. A standard scope is built in.
Due to its high quality of manufacture, the Steyr
ACR is considered a mastercraft weapon. As such, it
grants a +1 bonus on attack rolls.
Steyr IWS-2000
The IWS-2000 was probably the most powerful rifle of
its kind during its day. Employing a 15.2mm tungsten
flechette projectile, sheathed in a fin-stabilized plastic
sabot, it was designed to bring down helicopters,
penetrate the armor of light vehicles (including
most armored personnel carriers), and other
soft targets up to a kilometer away.
Though it uses a massive round, the IWS-2000s
composite construction, weight distribution, and huge
muzzle brake reduce the recoil to that of a largecaliber sporting rifle. A standard scope is built in, as
is a bipod.
Valtro PM-5-350
The Italian Valtro PM-5-350 is a shotgun of unusual
design, with a much shorter barrel than most tactical
shotguns, an assault foregrip, and a seven round box
magazine that feeds from below like a traditional
assault rifle. While unconventional in design, the
Valtro is a compact weapon comparable in size to
many sawed-off shotgun variants.
VSS Vintorez
The VSS (Vintovka Snaiperskaja Spetsialnaya, or
special sniper rifle) is a truly insidious weapon,
utilizing the special subsonic SP-5 sniper cartridges
that reduce the sound repeat of the rifle to
something similar to a .22 rifle. The Vintorez
is considered to have a built-in suppressor
(see equipment in d20
Modern).
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Heavy Weapons
Calico Two-Twenty-Two
An odd weapon, the Two-Twenty-Two is a dualbarreled gatling gun conversion using .22 long rifle
ammunition. A hand crank at the rear of the weapon
fires the guns alternately with a cam system not unlike
a low rate-of-fire machinegun. The Two-Twenty-Two
requires two separate 10-round clips, one for each gun.
The Exotic Firearms Proficiency (heavy machine
guns) applies to this weapon.
Although not exactly an efficient or practical
weapon, the formidable two barreled appearance of
the Two-Twenty-Two (as well as its simple method
of operation) has made it a popular vehicle-mounted
weapon among the Twisted Earths raider gangs.
M214 Minigun
Developed for use on helicopters and light aircraft, the
M214 minigun is an impressive weapon with many
legends surrounding it. A gatling style weapon, the
M214 has six electrically driven barrels that revolve
at up to a colossal 10,000-rpm, making it able to spit
out 166 rounds per second. Despite the impressive
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rate of fire, however, the weapon itself is prohibitively

heavy (30 lbs), not including its ammunition supply,
and requires the equivalent of two truck batteries to
operate.
The Exotic Firearms Proficiency (heavy machine
guns) applies to this weapon.
A regular power beltpack must be used to power this
weapon, in addition to standard ammunition.
RPG-7/16
The RPG-7 (and later RPG-16), more commonly
known simply as the RPG, is a missile launcher that
fires special rocket-propelled grenade rounds. Said to
be developed from the German Panzerfaust of WWII,
the RPG saw widespread proliferation worldwide
due to extensive Soviet arms sales, and was proven
useful not only against ground vehicles, but against
helicopters and bunkers as well.
Primarily used to fire anti-tank grenades, the RPG
can be reloaded, unlike disposable man-portable
anti-tank weapons such as the M72A3 LAW. High
explosive fragmentation rounds were also quite
commonly distributed with RPGs, sometimes being
fired indirect from the shoulder in the manner of
artillery rockets.
RPG rounds duplicate the effects of any standard

grenade type (though anti-tank and fragmentation
grenades are most common, it is conceivable that
high technology rounds such as negation or radiation
grenades could be developed for this weapon),
propelled to a greater range thanks to a rocket motor.
The RPG has a minimum range of 30 feet. If fired
against a target closer than 30 feet away, it does not
arm and will not explode.
The Exotic Firearms Proficiency (rocket launchers)
feat applies to this weapon.
EXPLOSIVES AND SPLASH

WEAPONS
After the nuclear war, the entire face of the wasteland
is often littered with the remnants of the brutal
conflict that ravaged the world. In addition to radiated
hotspots and destroyed cities, old battlefields are
often encountered where military hardware can be
scavenged. Among those items prized by scavengers
are military-grade explosives; this section details a
broad selection of such items.
Anti-Tank Grenade
This type of grenade appears to be a heavy black metal
canister with a dial or two on top, allowing it to be set
for a certain designated time (up to 60 seconds after
being armed). The grenade uses highly explosive and
violent chemicals to blast straight through armor plate.
Because its explosive features a shaped charged
designed to penetrate the armor of military vehicles,
the anti-tank grenade ignores up to 10 points of
hardness if it strikes a vehicle, building, or object.
However, this only applies to the target struck, not to
other objects within the burst radius.
Blood Agent Grenade

This type of grenade jellifies the lungs of those
who breathe it (chemicals used include mustard gas
and chlorine gas). On the round that it is thrown, a
grenade of this type fills the four squares around it
with a cloud of gas. On the following round, it fills all
squares within 10 feet, and on the third round it fills all
squares within 15 feet. It disperses after 10 rounds,
though a moderate wind (11+ mph) disperses the gas
in 4 rounds and a strong wind (21+ mph) disperses it
in 1 round. Each round a target remains in the gas, he
must make a Fortitude save (DC 25) or suffer 2d6 acid
damage.
Concussion Grenade
This type of grenade appears to be a cardboard
cylinder with a metal end; when detonated, it explodes
in a deafening and concussive blast. This type of
grenade deals nonlethal damage. If the nonlethal

damage exceeds the targets Constitution, the Fortitude
save to avoid being knocked unconscious is made at
DC 18.
Energy Grenade
This type of grenade generally utilizes plutonium
or uranium in a solid and stable chip form; when
the central detonator core explodes (usually with
only enough force to crack the grenade casing), the
fracturing of the chip expels intense ions, in the form
of a powerful energy burst.
Glitter Grenade
This type of grenade utilizes a sheath of finite
chromium crystals around a central detonator core of
explosives. When detonated, the grenade explodes
into a cloud of glittery reflective particles, which
reflect and diffuse laser light shot at or through the
cloud. The grenade is used as a deterrent/screen,
preventing lasers from being fired in its area of effect.
On the round that it is thrown, a grenade of this type
fills the four squares around it with a cloud of glitter.
On the following round, it fills all squares within 10
feet, and on the third round it fills all squares within 15
feet. It disperses after 10 rounds, though a moderate
wind (11+ mph) disperses the glitter in 4 rounds and a
strong wind (21+ mph) disperses it in 1 round. Lasers
will not affect targets in or fire through the glitter
cloud. Targets within the cloud have an effective 14
cover.
Mine
These types of explosives were incredibly common
throughout the world prior to the Fall, and remain
as a deadly threat to survivors in the aftermath of
the nuclear holocaust. Capable of being hidden for
decades and still working (plastic parts not only
make them impossible to detect, but also ensure their
long life), mines are among mankinds most tragic
testament to strife.
Treat mines as fragmentation grenades (unless
designed to destroy tanks, in which case use the stats
for the anti-tank grenade), which detonate when
activated, like a trap. A Disable Device check is
required to disarm a mine for later use (typical DC is
16).
Negation Grenade
This type of grenade comes in a variety of forms, from
hand-held grenades to grenade launcher shells, to
rockets, missiles, and even artillery shells. The bomb,
when it explodes, creates an incredible dampening
field that confuses, jams, and creates a general
haywire effect on electrical equipment in the area
of effect. This temporarily shorts-out all forms of
electronic equipment (including powered weapons
and armor) within the burst radius for 2d4 rounds.
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TABLE 3-2: EXPLOSIVES AND SPLASH WEAPONS

Range
Weapon
Damage
Type
Burst
Reflex DC
Anti-tank grenade
Blood agent grenade
Concussion grenade
Energy grenade
Glitter grenade
Mine
Negation grenade
Nerve gas grenade
Photon grenade
Plasma grenade
Radiation grenade
Satchel charge A
Satchel charge B
Satchel charge C
Shock grenade
Stun grenade
8d6
See text
3d6
6d6
See text
See text
See text
See text
8d6
See text
6d6
8d6
10d6
4d6
2d6
Piercing
Acid
Concussion
Energy
See text
Special
Special
Special
Fire and Energy
See text
Fire and piercing
Fire and piercing
Fire and piercing
Electricity
Special
5 ft.
See text
20 ft.
20 ft.
See text
See text
20 ft.
See text
30 ft.
20 ft.
See text
10 ft.
20 ft.
30 ft.
20 ft.
10 ft.
15
12
15
15
12
See text
18
12
18
15
12
15
15
15
18
15
Robots and androids caught within the blast radius of a

negation grenade must make a Fortitude save (DC 25)
or suffer the same effects.
Nerve Gas Grenade

This type of grenade creates a cloud of nerve gas,
which works to destroy the central nervous system
of living beings. Colorless and odorless, it kills. On
the round that it is thrown, a grenade of this type fills
the four squares around it with a cloud of gas. On the
following round, it fills all squares within 10 feet, and
on the third round it fills all squares within 15 feet. It
disperses after 10 rounds, though a moderate wind
(11+ mph) disperses the gas in 4 rounds and a strong
wind (21+ mph) disperses it in 1 round.
Each round a target remains in the gas he is subject
to the nerve gas effects. A gas mask will not protect
against such gas (it is transferred through skin contact
as easily as through breathing), though a complete
protective suit will. The nerve gas has a Fortitude save
(DC 22), initial damage of 1d6 Con, and secondary
damage of 2d6 Con.
Photon Grenade
This type of grenade lets off a powerful burst of
photons (in effect, charged light beams), which
damage or destroy optical nerve endings. Those
within 30 ft radius and facing the grenade when it
detonates must make a Reflex save (DC 18) to avoid
its effects. If affected, the victim must make Fortitude
save (DC 15) or be blinded permanently. A successful
save still incurs blindness, but only for 1d4 hours.
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Plasma Grenade
The super-advanced plasma grenade is the ultimate in
anti-personnel grenades. The compact device contains
an internal cylinder kept under constant magnetic
pressure, inside of which is sustained a super-heated
Increment
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
Size
Weight
Cost
Small
Small
Tiny
Small
Tiny
Small
Small
Small
Tiny
Small
Small
Tiny
Small
Med
Small
Tiny
2 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
5 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
4 lb.
8 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
2,000 cp
900 cp
250 cp
2,000 cp
200 cp
900 cp
1,200 cp
1,500 cp
1,500 cp
3,000 cp
2,000 cp
1,500 cp
3,000 cp
9,000 cp
900 cp
800 cp
Craft
DC
30
20
18
30
20
25
30
40
30
32
30
25
30
35
25
20
gas (i.e. plasma). When detonated, the plasma

grenade explodes with a flash of pure energy, tearing
through flesh and metal plate with equal ease.
These grenades are exceptionally powerful, but
are hard to maintain; they must be kept in a powered
crate when not in use to maintain the plasma field
(otherwise, the grenades become unstable and detonate
after 1-4 days once their power holding is gone).
Radiation Grenade
This type of insidious grenade, when detonated, emits
a cloud of quickly expanding uranium hexaflouride
- creating a radioactive cloud of acid gas in the area
of effect. On the round that it is thrown, a grenade of
this type fills the four squares around it with a cloud of
radioactive acid gas. On the following round, it fills
all squares within 10 feet, and on the third round it fills
all squares within 15 feet. It disperses after 10 rounds,
though a moderate wind (11+ mph) disperses the gas
in 4 rounds and a strong wind (21+ mph) disperses it
in 1 round.
Each round a target remains in the gas cloud, it
suffers 1d6 acid damage as well as exposure to high or
severe radiation (see Radiation). If the target remains
in the cloud for a single round, they must resist high
radiation sickness (Fort DC 21; Damage 1d6 Con).
Targets spending more than 1 round must resist severe
radiation sickness (Fort DC 24; Damage 2d6 Con).
Targets that fail the save, take immediate Constitution
damage and Radiation Sickness (see Diseases).
Satchel Charge A
The smallest type of damage pack, this weapon is
roughly the size of a remote control. They were used
primarily for covert detonation, but are still highly
useful. The A charge deals half fire damage, half
piercing damage.
Satchel Charge B
The standard demolition charge, still easily
transportable by the foot soldier, the B charge is
roughly the size of a small portable radio. The B
charge deals half fire damage, half piercing damage.
Satchel Charge C
This type of detonation device is the largest of the
satchel charges, being roughly the size of an attach
case. The C charge deals half fire damage, half
piercing damage.
Shock Grenade
This type of grenade lets off a blast of electricity in
its area of effect. This causes regular damage but yet
metal obstacles do not afford one protection or cover
(the charge passes right through, so the area of effect
stays the same even in close quarters). The shock
grenade ignores all hardness if it strikes a vehicle,
building, or object. However, this only applies to
the target struck, not to other objects within the burst
radius.
Stun Grenade
This type of grenade emits a powerful stunning
electric field when the internal power generator (a oneshot power magnifier that burns itself out reaching the
detonation energy level) detonates, affecting not only
living things, but electronics as well. In addition to
inflicting electricity damage, any target caught in the
blast radius must make a Fortitude saving throw (DC
15) or be paralyzed for 1d6 rounds.
LASERS
Well known in science fiction long before they
actually became viable weapons, lasers were a natural
evolution of the advanced military science of the
Ancients.
Lasers weapons work by colliding lasing atoms with
electrically accelerated electrons within some form of
TABLE 3-3: LASERS
Damage
Range
Type
Increment
Handguns (require the Futuristic Firearms Proficiency feat)
Laser pistol
2d12
20
Energy
100 ft.
Weapon
Damage
Critical
Longarms (require the Futuristic Firearms Proficiency feat)

Dazzle rifle
50 ft.
Infra-red rifle
2d12
20
Energy
200 ft.
Laser rifle
3d12
20
Energy
200 ft.
Pulse laser rifle
3d12
20
Energy
100 ft.
X-Laser
3d10
20
Energy
100 ft.
active medium (usually a gas, crystal, or liquid high

in chromium). The earliest versions use a synthetic
ruby rod with a mirrored surface on one end and a
partially silvered tip on the other, surrounded by a coil
of high-durability glass (a xenon flash tube). The light
produced by the xenon flash tube excites the chromium
atoms in the medium (in this case the crystal rod); as
the electrons begin to get excited, variations in the
energy levels of these electrons cause an emission of
photons, or light particles. These photons bounce back
and forth down the rod off of each of the mirrored
ends, creating more energy as they strikes each other,
in effect amplifying the lasers power exponentially.
This process occurs in a mere fraction of a second, and
when the beam reaches an intensity sufficient to burn
tissue it is emitted through one end, refined through a
refining crystal, and discharged towards the target.
Lasers may be set to fire in continuous wavelength
mode, which means the weapon continues to fire a
single beam as long as the trigger is depressed. This
is especially useful against non-mobile targets (such
as obstacles), allowing the weapon to literally drill
through them. Once a laser firing on this mode hits, it
does not need to roll to hit again each round, inflicting
regular damage automatically until the firer decides
to end the beam (or the weapons power source runs
out of charges). This mode can only be used on nonmobile targets.
Unless specified, lasers cannot fire through smoke or
glitter clouds.
Crafting Futuristic Weapons

Lasers, masers, energy field generators, and mass
drivers, are extremely complex weapons and require
mastery in several fields of science and technology.
They are nearly impossible to craft without training in
the relevant disciplines. Crafting futuristic weapons
requires Craft knowledge in both electronics and
mechanics. Unless the character possesses both
the Advanced Electronics and Advanced Weapons
Discipline, he suffers a 8 (4 if one is possessed)
non-discipline penalty to his Craft checks.
Rate of
Fire
Magazine
Weight
Size
Cost
Craft
DC
Clip, belt, or back
2 lb.
Small
12,000 cp
33
S
S
S
S, A
S
Clip, belt, or back

Clip, belt, or back
Clip, belt, or back
Clip, belt, or back
Minifusion cell
7 lb.
7 lb.
7 lb.
5 lb.
10 lb.
Large
Large
Large
Large
Large
10,000 cp
20,000 cp
30,000 cp
40,000 cp
32,000 cp
33
33
34
34
34
Large
Huge
60,000 cp
200,000 cp
35
35
Heavy Weapons (require the Futuristic and Exotic Firearms Proficiency feat)
Laser anti-tank rifle
8d12
20
Energy
100 ft.
1
Minifusion cell
65 lb.
Laser cannon
12d12
20
Energy
500 ft.
1
Minifusion cell 1,000 lb.
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Crafting a futuristic weapon such as a laser typically

takes 200 hours and requires raw material equal to one
third of the cost of the weapon. The raw materials
can be bought or salvaged (see Repair skill). Game
masters should require that salvage materials be from
Advanced or Futuristic objects. Each weapon has
a Craft DC in the list below. Crafting a futuristic
weapon requires a successful Craft electronics or
mechanical check. If the character has the Advanced
Weapons Discipline, he can choose to make the Check
with his highest ranked Skill. If he does not, he must
make the Check with his lowest ranked Skill.
Handguns
Laser Pistol
The laser pistol was designed for military service, and
is a rugged, reliable weapon. To make it more durable
in combat conditions, the crystal rod used in earlier
lasers was replaced by a more flexible and reliable
medium, a neodymium gas tube (a gas which has much
the same effect as chromium-rich crystal, but which
cannot shatter with impact or stress).
Laser pistols were extremely common as sidearms
for military personnel, especially officers, in the
United States military in the years preceding the
collapse of human civilization.
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Longarms
Dazzle Rifle (NLW)
The dazzle rifle resembles any ordinary rifle, but it
is in fact a non-lethal weapon designed for subduing
and disabling targets in high-risk areas (such as within
nuclear power plants and missile silos, biological
containment areas, etc.). The dazzle rifle operates by
emitting a brilliant beam of photons in a wide pulse,
affecting unshielded eyes with immediate flash burns
and blindness.
Firing a dazzle rifle is a ranged touch attack. The
targeted opponent must make a Reflex save (the DC
is equal to the attackers attack roll) or be blinded for
1d6 minutes.
Dazzle rifles do not have a continuous wavelength
mode.
Infra-Red Laser Rifle

The infra-red laser is a special laser with a coated
discharge lens that filters out all light except for
that emitted at .01 cm wavelength or greater in
effect, generating a beam exclusively in the infra-red
spectrum. Though the IR laser is substantially lowpowered when compared with other laser weapons (it
produces far less energy with each discharge), the IR
laser is totally invisible except when viewed with IR
goggles (which show the beam solidly).
IR lasers are unaffected by smoke, but are impeded
by glitter as normal lasers.
Laser Rifle
X-Laser
The laser rifle was the standard weapon of the

American armed forces before the fall of human
civilization. Compared to the military laser pistol
(the standard sidearm), the laser rifle is a much more
effective battlefield weapon. Incorporating a longer
barrel and balanced shape, with superior artificial
refining crystals and focus mirrors that allow it
to retain tighter photon-beam cohesion at greater
distances, the laser rifles range is well above that of a
conventional chemical-propellant rifle.
The so-called x-laser is a bulky and difficult energy

weapon to employ. The common x-ray device used in
all Ancient-era medical facilities shares the principle
behind the x-laser; high-speed electrons, creating an
emission of x-rays, bombard a tungsten or yttrium
target inside the weapon. These rays are quite
potent, able to penetrate a far greater amount of tissue
and materials than most forms of radiation. Unlike
the relatively harmless x-ray machine, however,
the weapon version of this technology emits rays
at a shorter wavelength, causing a more violent
disruption effect.
The x-laser causes damage mainly by breaking
down and disintegrating the tissues its beam comes in
contact with. In addition, an x-laser can fire straight
through walls and other obstructions without reduced
effect against targets concealed behind them. The xlaser can penetrate 20 feet of cloth, wood, or similar
animal or vegetable matter. It can penetrate up to 10
feet of stone, 10 inches of iron, steel, copper, and
brass, but it cannot penetrate lead, gold, or platinum.
As a result, the x-laser ignores the Hardness of
obstacles (including vehicles and powered armor).
Often an x-laser will be mated with X-ray goggles to
allow the firer to see through walls and identify targets
behind them at which to fire.
X-lasers do not have a continuous wavelength mode.
Pulse Laser Rifle

The pulse laser rifle is an advanced development
of the standard laser rifle, modified to fire pulses of
laser light in the manner of a fully automatic weapon.
This ability is provided by a high capacity xenon
flash tube (which provides a stream of steady flash
pulses) instead of the normal single-pulse flash lamp
of most traditional laser weapons. In addition, argon
is typically used instead of the standard neodymium,
as argon requires less energy to create a laser pulse (a
more powerful series of pulses creates far more strain
on the xenon flash tube, and thus risks breakage).
Pulse laser rifles do not have a continuous
wavelength mode.
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TABLE 3-4: MASERS
Damage
Range
Rate of Fire
Magazine
Type
Increment
Maser pistol
2d10
20
Energy
100 ft.
S
Clip, belt, or back
Weapon
Damage
Critical

Maser rifle
3d10
20
Energy
200 ft.
Heavy Weapons
Laser Anti-Tank Rifle
A heavy laser, this man-portable laser anti-tank rifle
is a shoulder-mounted weapon (so-made because
the internal photon generator coils are rather heavy,
since they generate a far more powerful pulse than
the typical laser). The laser anti-tank rifle was
primarily used to destroy light to medium armored
threats: armored vehicles, attack skimmers, and light
fortifications such as bunkers and pillboxes.
Laser anti-tank rifles do not have a continuous
wavelength mode. Though it requires a fully charged
minifusion cell to operate, one shot from this weapon
drains the entire cell.
The Exotic Firearms Proficiency (cannons) applies
to this weapon.
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Clip, belt, or back
Weight
Size
Cost
Craft
DC
1 lb.
Small
12,000 cp
34
5 lb.
Large
30,000 cp
34
Laser Cannon
The laser cannon is simply a gigantic laser weapon
with extra-heavy photon generators, allowing it to
produce a significantly more destructive burst of lazing
energy with each buildup of power. These weapons
are extraordinarily large (generally only mounted on
special laser tanks or in ground-based AAA batteries,
for instance), but are effective against almost all forms
of heavy vehicles and fortifications.
Laser cannons do not have a continuous wavelength
mode. Though it requires a fully charged minifusion
cell to operate, one shot from this weapon drains the
entire cell.
to this weapon.
MASERS
The maser (or thermal gun as it is sometimes
known) is basically a microwave laser. Originally
designed to make the use of smoke and glitter as
a countermeasure ineffective, the maser operates
using light outside the visible spectrum (unlike the
traditional laser), and thus is not affected by such
obstacles.
Maser weapons are built around a central highcapacity magnetron tube (similar to the kind found in
a microwave oven), which emits a narrow stream of
microwaves at the target, causing extreme vibration
and energization of water molecules in effect,
boiling the target area in a flash of intense, highlyfocused heat.
Maser weapons receive a +2 attack bonus against
opponents wearing metal armor.
Handguns
Maser Pistol
Simply a scaled-down version of the maser rifle, the
maser pistol has a smaller energy capacitor, a reduced
magnetron tube, and only a flash shot capability.
Although it does less damage, its small size permits
the microwave pistol to be more easily carried
as a sidearm. Such weapons were actually quite
widespread as a civilian and police sidearm during the
final years of the Fall, when cities were shrouded in
thick smog from over polluting industry, and came in
a number of models with varying appearances (from
simply advanced pistols to hand-held microwave
lamps).
Longarms
Maser Rifle
The maser rifle, though designed to replace the laser
rifle as the standard weapon of the American armed
forces, was never officially adopted. Despite this
fact, many found their way into front-line units, and
became especially desirable in long-term battles when
smoke from ruined vehicles and bombarded cityscapes
made traditional lasers less effective.
A relatively light weapon, the maser rifle has a
folding stock (usually made of aluminum).
ENERGY FIELD GENERATORS

The weapons that comprise this special category are
varied in design and function. In essence, however,
all of these weapons operate by generating an energy
field of some sort.
Handguns
Blaster
The blaster was the most advanced kind of
personal weapon in military service before the fall of
civilization, developed especially to complement suits
of advanced powered armor. Made of connecting
metal rods, the blaster is most often shoulder-mounted
on such suits, or installed in the wrist; with a touch of
a button, the device folds itself up and out of the way
(and can be just as easily deployed).
The blaster, when fired, shoots a narrow beam
that affects the air around the target, creating an
enveloping energy field that rises with the convection
of the air beneath it. This powerful energy field
is highly agitated, and disrupts organic tissue and
even inorganic substances in effect, the blaster
disintegrates its target from the bottom-up.
A target hit by a blaster must make a Fortitude save
(DC 25) to avoid being immediately disintegrated;
even if she saves, she still suffers 5d6 points of
damage from the physical disruption of her body.
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TABLE 3-5: ENERGY FIELDDamage

GENERATORS
Range Rate of
Weapon
Damage
Critical
Magazine
Type
Increment Fire
Blaster
See text
Energy
20 ft.
Single Minifusion cell
Plasma pistol
3d10
20
Energy
100 ft.
S
Minifusion cell
Weight
Size
Cost
Craft DC
2 lb.
5 lb.
Small
Small
100,000 cp
40,000 cp
38
35
Minifusion cell
Minifusion cell
15 lb.
15 lb.
Large
Large
50,000 cp
60,000 cp
35
36
Plasma rifle
5d10
20
Energy
200 ft.
S
Minifusion cell
15 lb.
Large
70,000 cp
36

EMP rifle (NLW)
5d10
20
Energy
20 ft.
HPM rifle
5d10
20
Energy
20 ft.
Plasma Pistol
The plasma pistol was an experimental attempt at
compacting the power and damage of the plasma
rifle in a pistol-sized weapon. The required magnetic
generators made the weapon ungainly and large, and
the plasma generated was comparatively low-powered
and short lived. Despite this, these weapons were
showing promise before the Fall, and may have come
to replace lasers altogether had time permitted.
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S
S
Longarms
EMP Rifle (NLW)
The electromagnetic pulse rifle was an advanced
weapon developed during the Final War. Weapons
of this type were being rush-developed due to the
increasing numbers of robots and androids then
making up the majority of the worlds fighting armies
(such was the result of a dying humanity, having to
replace its own diminishing numbers with artificial
surrogates).
The EMP rifle generates a powerful electromagnetic
pulse and projects this at the target; the pulse is strong
and centralized enough to cause damage to electronic,
cybernetic, and robotic components. The weapon
is largely ineffective against living tissue, however,
causing only minor burns and disorientation at the
closest ranges. It does minimum damage (5 hp)
against living creatures, and then only in the first range
increment (after that it has no effect).
The EMP rifle deals non-lethal damage against

robots, cyborgs, and androids (unless the android in
question has specific countermeasures, in which case
the rifle has no effect). If the damage equals or exceeds
the robots Constitution score, the target must make
a Fortitude save (equal to the damage dealt). If the
Fortitude save is successful, the target is dazed for 1
round. If the target fails the save, it shuts down until
repaired.
in the weapon) that collide with the gas particles,

increasing their thermal energy to super-heated levels.
To prevent the entire weapon from melting, the
plasma chamber is contained within a magnetic field
- of 50,000 gauss or more - generated by the weapon
itself. This super-heated plasma spontaneously begins
to vibrate and react as it excites, the atoms of which
begin to create nuclear reactions as they collide. In
effect, the ionization of the gas medium causes a
controlled and directed series of nuclear reactions in a
concentrated bolt of energy.
Though complex, miniaturized plasma technology
was well within the grasp of the Ancients prior to
the Fall. Though these enormous weapons were not
prolific, given time the plasma may certainly have
replaced most other forms of energy weapon in the
armed services.
to this weapon.
HPM Rifle
An advanced form of anti-material weapon, the HPM
(high power microwave) rifle is, in essence, a powerful
hand-held radar emitter. The HPM operates by
emitting a disruptive microwave radio-frequency beam
at the target, designed to scramble electronic systems.
Though it operates much like an EMP rifle, at close
ranges the HPM can cause unconsciousness and even
death in humans by upsetting the neural pathways with
the beams unpredictable electronic activity. It does
normal damage against living creatures within the first
range increment (after that it has no effect).
The HPM rifle deals non-lethal damage against
robots, cyborgs, and androids (unless the android in
question has specific countermeasures, in which case
the rifle has no effect). If the damage equals or exceeds
the robots Constitution score, the target must make
a Fortitude save (equal to the damage dealt). If the
Fortitude save is successful, the target is dazed for 1
round. If the target fails the save, it shuts down until
repaired.
MASS DRIVERS
While similar in some respects to the category
of energy field generators, the principle behind
mass drivers is the generation of a specific form
of containment field the gravity field. Massdriving weapons (more commonly known as
mass drivers or gauss weapons, after the unit
of gravity measurement, the gauss) use artificially
generated gravity to propel a mass to dangerously
high velocities to punch through armor, metal, tissue,
etc.. Though they fire ballistic projectiles (usually a
high density needle or bullet made from uranium
that has expended most of its radioactive properties,
collapsing in on itself becoming highly-dense and
solid; this is known as depleted uranium), mass
drivers also require a great deal of energy to produce
the gravity field necessary to reach these high
velocities.
In operation mass drivers are relatively simple.
Coils along the length of the weapon produce
Heavy Weapons
Plasma Rifle
The plasma rifle (really a man-portable cannon)
is a very advanced form of weaponry. The weapon
generates a strong electric field, applying it to a lowpressure gas; this gas is heated to nearly 180,000
degrees F by injecting it with high-speed ions
(typically from a compact synchrotron or betatron
TABLE 3-6: MASS DRIVERSDamage
Range Rate of
Magazine
Type Increment Fire
(Power)
Gauss pistol
2d8
20
Ballistic 100 ft.
S
Clip, belt, or back
Gauss submachine gun
2d8
20
Ballistic 100 ft.
S, A Clip, belt, or back
Weapon
Damage Critical

Electro-saw thrower
3d6
20
Ballistic
80 ft.
Gauss automatic rifle
4d8
20
Ballistic 100 ft.
Gauss rifle
4d8
20
Ballistic 200 ft.
S
S, A
S
Magazine
Weight
(Ammo)
Size
Cost
Craft
DC
30 box
50 box
4 lb.
4 lb.
Small
Small
20,000 cp
25,000 cp
32
32
Belt or back
10 box
Clip, belt, or back 50 box
Clip, belt, or back 30 box
7 lb.
12 lb.
14 lb.
Large
Large
Large
15,000 cp
50,000 cp
50,000 cp
31
35
35
Gauss anti-tank rifle
10d8
20
Ballistic 200 ft.
Gauss cannon
14d8
20
Ballistic 500 ft.
10 box
50 lb.
Large 100,000 cp 36
1 in
1,500 lb. Huge 200,000 cp 36
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opposing fields of gravity that keep the projectile

under enormous strain. When the weapon is fired one
of these fields is dropped, propelling the projectile
down the barrel. The gravity of each coil along the
barrel increases as it goes, so that when it finally exits
the barrel the needle is moving with colossal velocity.
Gauss weapons use special projectiles as well as
power discharges from a regular power source when
fired. Propelled at high velocity, gauss needles pierce
armor extraordinarily well. Because they are designed
to penetrate armor, gauss weapons ignore anywhere
from 5 to 10 points of hardness (see weapon) if they
strike a vehicle, building, or object (the exception
is the electro-saw thrower, which does not have this
ability).
Gauss weapons cannot benefit from advanced
ammunition types.
Handguns
Gauss Pistol
The gauss pistol is a miniaturized version of the massdriving rifle, utilizing compact gravitic rails to propel
its DU flechettes at range. Though these flechettes are
of a smaller size and lower velocity when compared to
rifles, the compact nature of the pistol and its ease of
use make the pistol version attractive.
Because it is designed to penetrate armor, a gauss
pistol ignores up to 5 points of hardness if it strikes a
vehicle, building, or object.
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Gauss SMG
This is a compact but high rate of fire gauss weapon
- literally a gauss machine pistol. The weapon
works just like a regular gauss weapon, but with a
fast autoloading device that feeds gauss ammo into
the magnetic force chamber at a lightning high rate
- permitting a continuous stream of uninterrupted fire.
The drawback is that this lessens the magnetic buildup
of each shot, reducing the momentum and damage, but
as a close-in weapon the rate of fire is still a desirable
bonus.
SMG ignores up to 5 points of hardness if it strikes a
Longarms
Electro-Saw Thrower
This appears to be a light rifle with a broad flat barrel,
throwing forth-energized monofilament circular saws
that are propelled at high speed. A drum-like clip
holds the saws, feeding them into the EST, while an
energizer unit charges each saw with an electric field
just prior to firing.
Gauss Automatic Rifle

This is a special gauss rifle that is capable of full auto
fire. Like the gauss submachine gun, the cyclic rate of
fire of the weapon reduces the momentum and punch
of each fired round, as less time is allowed to build up
the magnetic force of the shot.
automatic rifle ignores up to 5 points of hardness if it
strikes a vehicle, building, or object.
Gauss Rifle
Developed from generations of mass driving weapons,
the modern gauss rifle incorporates a larger and
longer barrel than earlier models (permitting more
rails, and thus increased momentum for the gauss
round) and more reliable magnetic generators that

reduce the risk of instability and explosion to almost
nothing.
rifle ignores up to 5 points of hardness if it strikes a
Heavy Weapons
Gauss Anti-Tank Rifle
This weapon appears to be a huge shoulder-mounted
railgun, like an advanced anti-tank weapon. The
weapon fires a large (10mm) depleted uranium
mushrooming sliver, which was primarily used to
defeat armor and armored vehicles. Propelled at high
velocity, gauss flechettes pierce armor extraordinarily
well.
anti-tank rifle ignores up to 10 points of hardness if it
strikes a vehicle, building, or object.
to this weapon.
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TABLE 3-7: PARTICLE BEAM

WEAPONS
Damage
Range
Rate of
Weapon
Damage
Critical
Type
Increment
Atom gun
See text
Energy
10 ft.
Ion ray
4d10
20
Energy
100 ft.
Meson cannon
5d10
20
Energy
200 ft.
Gauss Cannon
This is a gigantic version of the basic gauss
weapon, typically mounted on tanks or in heavy gun
emplacements. Most of these weapons were destroyed
long ago during the wars of the Ancients, but some
few examples are said to still remain operational.
cannon ignores up to 10 points of hardness if it strikes
a vehicle, building, or object.
to this weapon.
PARTICLE-BEAM WEAPONS
While the United States explored the use of lasers
as a means to counter the ballistic missile threat, its
enemies explored particle beam technology during
the 1960s for the same purpose. Though their designs
(like early lasers) were projected to require a truly
massive apparatus to be effective, the miniaturization
of this technology would come about on both sides
nearly 40 years later.
Particle-beam weapons are advanced energy
weapons that emit a single charged particle or stream
of particles to inflict damage. Ions, mesons, or other
subatomic particles are propelled by these complex
weapon systems at colossal speeds to achieve damage
against organic and inorganic substances.
Longarms
Atom Gun
The so-called atom gun is essentially a pocket
nuclear reactor around which a rather effective assault
weapon was developed. In essence, atomic particles
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Fire
Single
S, A
Single
Magazine
Weight
Size
Cost
Craft DC
Plutonium clip
Minifusion cell
Minifusion cell
10 lb.
8 lb.
10 lb.
Large
Large
Large
70,000 cp
45,000 cp
55,000 cp
38
35
37
in the central reactor of the weapon collide and split,

the energy of the reaction being channeled out through
the barrel. The atom gun fires clusters of these atomic
particles down its barrel, at colossal speeds, throwing
out a spread at a high rate and over a wide area, just
like a shotgun.
The atom gun deals 6d8 damage to a target in the
first range increment, 4d8 to a target in the second
range increment, and 2d8 to anyone in a 5-foot-wide
path beyond that distance out to maximum range. An
atom gun can be fired only once per round. Since this
was intended as a close-range weapon, damper coils
on the barrel reduce the emission of radiation from the
weapons internal reaction to an insignificant amount.
Ion Ray
The ion ray is actually a rather simple device, utilizing
an advanced synchrotron (a subatomic-particle
accelerator) to generate a concentrated, pencil-thin
stream of ions that are directed towards the target
tissue or surface. This ion burst is extremely rapid,
causing intense damage to living tissue, as it literally
bombards the target area with excited ions. Flash
burns and spontaneous incineration usually result from
a hit by this weapon.
Meson Cannon
The meson cannon is a powerful energy weapon that
fires a narrow stream of positively charged mesons
at its target, causing a disruptive effect on living
tissue. These weapons, often referred to as particle
projectors, are basically a miniaturized version of the
anti-ballistic missile particle weapons experimented
with by both the Soviets and the United States prior to
the Fall.
A folding stock is often attached to the weapon,
along with a standard scope.
OTHER UNCONVENTIONAL
WEAPONS
In addition to more familiar weapon types, there are a
number of unconventional arms that contribute to the
cocktail of deadly tools available to ruin pickers and
wasteland survivors.
AT-5 Spandrel
Introduced in 1977, the AT-5 Spandrel is a secondgeneration Soviet anti-tank guided missile whose
characteristics are comparable to the American TOW.
It was designed almost exclusively for use on vehicles
such as the BMP, BRDM, and UAZ truck.
When the AT-5 hits its target, it explodes like a

grenade or other explosive, dealing 6d12 points of
damage to all creatures within a 10-foot radius (Reflex
save DC 18 for half damage). Because the AT-5
features a superior warhead designed to penetrate the
armor of military vehicles, the AT-5 ignores up to 15
points of hardness if it strikes a vehicle, building, or
object. However, this only applies to the target struck,
not to other objects within the burst radius.
The AT-5 has a minimum range of 300 feet. If fired
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TABLE 3-8: OTHER UNCONVENTIONAL

WEAPONS
Damage
Range
Rate of
Magazine
Weight
Size
Cost
Craft
DC
1
Single
Single
See text
Clip
Clip
4 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
Small
Tiny
Small
6,000 cp
2,000 cp
3,000 cp
30
27
28

Ramjet rifle
3d10
20
Ballistic
300 ft.
Sonic rifle (NLW)
2d12
20
Sonic
20 ft.
Sonic rifle B
2d12
20
Sonic
20 ft.
UH radiation rifle
See text
See text
20 ft.
S, A
S
S
Single
30 box
Clip, belt, back
Clip, belt, back
Plutonium clip
8 lb.
10 lb.
10 lb.
15 lb.
Large
Large
Large
Large
45,000 cp
15,000 cp
20,000 cp
45,000 cp
30
28
29
30
Heavy Weapons (require the Exotic Firearms Proficiency feat)

AT-5 Spandrel
6d12
1,400 ft.
Gyrojet launcher
1d10
100 ft.
Hydra 70 M247
4d10
125 ft.
Hydra 70 M255
4d10
125 ft.
Hydra 70 M261
4d10
125 ft.
Hydra 70 M264
125 ft.
TOW II
6d12
1,400 ft.
1
S, A
1
1
1
1
1
1 int.
30 int.
19 int.
19 int.
19 int.
19 int.
1 int.
55 lb.
15 lb.
250 lb.
250 lb.
250 lb.
250 lb.
65 lb.
Large
Large
Large
Large
Large
Large
Large
12,000 cp
3,000 cp
7,000 cp
5,000 cp
3,500 cp
2,000 cp
10,00 cp
27
25
26
26
26
25
26
Weapon
Damage
Critical
Type
Increment
Handguns (require the Personal Firearms Proficiency feat)
Flame pistol
3d6
Fire
Hand stunner
2d6
20
See text
20 ft.
Stun pistol
2d10
20
See text
50 ft.
Flame Pistol
The flame pistol is a rather remarkable little assault
weapon; it is, in essence, a compact flamethrower the
size of a heavy pistol. Made of durable heat-resistant
metal, the flame pistol is capable of shooting a burst of
flame in the same manner as the normal flamethrower,
though its compact size allows it to be held in only
one hand.
When fired, the flame pistol creates a narrow ray
of flame out to 10 feet (not a 5 foot wide line, like
a normal-sized flamethrower). This ray inflicts 3d6
points of fire damage to all creatures and objects in
its path. No attack roll is necessary, and thus no feat
is needed to operate the weapon effectively. Any
creature caught in the line of flame can make a Reflex
save (DC 15) to take half damage. Creatures with
cover get a bonus to their Reflex save.
The pistol can fire from small canisters (attached
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Fire
to the weapon like a clip), or can be hooked up to

a regular flamethrower tank to use flamethrower fuel.
A typical canister holds only three shots of fuel (if a
flamethrower tank is used, 10 shots).
Gyrojet Launcher
Gyrojets are the smallest type of missile, usually
no more than four or five inches long. Originally
developed as an unconventional ammunition for
rifles and pistols (these early experiments failed),
gyrojets saw much more widespread use arming
suits of powered or power-assisted armor on future
battlefields. Fired from special multi-tube launchers
using compressed air, the gyrojet engine only activates
after it has traveled a few feet to avoid burning the
firer. Gyrojets retain stability over great distance due
to folding plastic or aluminum fins along the rockets
length.
The gyrojet has a minimum range of 10 feet. If fired
Hand Stunner
This type of weapon is a miniaturized stun gun, often
no larger than a deck of cards (thus it can be held
easily in the palm of the hand), developed primarily
for civilians to defend themselves in the event of
mugging, rape, or assault. The weapon generates a
short-range stun field by pressing one button on its
exterior casing, ejecting its power cell with another.
Hand stunners attack as a ranged touch. On
a successful hit the weapon deals 1d2 points of
electricity damage, and the target must make a
Fortitude saving throw (DC 15) or be paralyzed for
1d3 rounds.
Hydra 70 M247
The Hydra 70mm rocket launcher is typical of
conventional rocket launchers, most often seen
mounted in rocket launcher tubes on attack helicopters
and ground attack aircraft. Of the four variants, the
M247 has an anti-tank warhead, the M255 has a light
armor-piercing flechette warhead, the M261 has a
high explosive warhead, and the M264 has a smoke
warhead.
When the M247 hits its target, it explodes like a
save DC 18 for half damage). Because its explosive
features a shaped charged designed to penetrate the
armor of military vehicles, the Hydra 70 M247 ignores
up to 10 points of hardness if it strikes a vehicle,
building, or object. However, this only applies to
the target struck, not to other objects within the burst
radius.
The Hydra 70 M247 has a minimum range of 30
feet. If fired against a target closer than 30 feet away,
it does not arm and will not explode.
Hydra 70 M255
These rockets are suitable for engaging lightly
armored vehicles (such as armored personnel carriers,
trucks, etc.), and are fitted with a special anti-armor
flechette warhead.
save DC 18 for half damage). Because it is designed
to defeat armor, the Hydra 70 M255 ignores up to 5
points of hardness if it strikes a vehicle, building, or
Hydra 70 M261
The Hydra 70 M261 features a high explosive warhead
that is most useful against unprotected, unarmored
ground targets such as infantry.
save DC 18 for half damage).
Hydra 70 M264
The M264 warhead creates obscuring smoke. On
the round that it is fired, a rocket of this type fills the
four squares around it with a cloud of smoke. On
the following round, it fills all squares within 10 feet,
and on the third round it fills all squares within 15
feet. It disperses after 10 rounds, though a moderate
wind (11+ mph) disperses the smoke in 4 rounds and a
strong wind (21+ mph) disperses it in 1 round.
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Stun Pistol
Sonic Rifle B
These widely used weapons were one of the standard

armaments of civil authorities during the decadent
and chaotic final years of civilization, when forced
incapacitation of criminals or drug-addicted psychotics
was often called for. Stun pistols come in a wide
variety of forms and shapes, but most are usually
pistol-sized or smaller. In general, the principle
behind the stun pistol is the transformation of power
from its source (usually a clip) into a low-voltage field,
ray, or emission that stuns the nervous system of
the target into temporary paralysis, lasting just long
enough for the target to be overcome and bound.
Stun pistols attack as a ranged touch. On a
successful hit the weapon deals 1d6 points of
electricity damage, and the target must make a
Fortitude saving throw (DC 15) or be paralyzed for
1d6 rounds.
The more powerful sonic rifle B is a combat

development of the original non-lethal variant,
designed to improve the ability to drop the aggressor
while still avoiding collateral damage. Emissions of
more violent sound waves (at shorter wavelengths)
cause actual tissue and arterial disruption on impact,
and the potential for damage to bones and internal
organs is great. The sound waves are still not strong
enough to damage most non-organic substances,
however, making the sonic rifle B ideal in high-risk
situations.
Unlike the typical sonic rifle, the sonic rifle B
inflicts lethal damage. Sonic weapons attack as a
ranged touch.
Sonic Rifle (NLW)

Sonic weapons were originally designed as a form of
non-lethal weapon for use in high-risk areas where
collateral damage might prove disastrous, such
as nuclear power plants, weapon and ammunition
depots and armories, etc.. The sonic rifle generates
concentrated sound waves to cause strong vibrations
to reverberate through the target, which in turn causes
disorientation and nausea. Most human targets are
incapacitated with a single discharge of the weapon.
The sonic rifle inflicts special nonlethal damage. If
the damage inflicted by the weapon in a single round
equals or exceeds the targets current Constitution
score, the target must make a Fortitude save (DC 15).
On a successful save the target is nauseated for 1d2
rounds. On a failed save, the target is paralyzed for
1d4+1 rounds.
All sonic weapons attack as a ranged touch.
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UH Radiation Rifle
An experimental weapon even during the twilight
of the Ancients, this unusually large and bulky rifle
consists of numerous high-pressure gas cylinders
built around a central venting barrel. The weapon
operates by emitting a directed and controlled cloud of
uranium hexaflouride, a corrosive and radioactive gas
kept under pressure, by breaking down the radioactive
elements in the weapons plutonium-based clip.
The cloud created by a UH rifle is expelled not
unlike a flamethrower jet (or an exterminators poison
gas spray). The weapon attacks as a ranged touch. In
addition to doing 2d6 acid damage, the UH radiation

rifle also inflicts a severe radiation (see Radiation).
The target must resist severe radiation sickness
(Fort DC 24; Damage 2d6 Con) or take immediate
Constitution damage and Radiation Sickness (see
Diseases).
Ramjet Rifle
The ramjet is a special rifle that fires a unique
gyrojet round. This weapon, however, is far more
advanced than early experimental gyrojet projectiles
(experimented with in the 1950s), instead employing
advanced propellant and design features that propel
the miniature rocket at speeds approaching Mach 5.
In addition, the tiny rocket also contains a high-grade
advanced explosive compound that causes the round to
explode on contact.
The ramjet rifle was the standard advanced
weapon of the German state that rose from
the ashes of WWII to spearhead the
invasion of the Eastern United States
a war that ended mankinds rule
of the earth. Most
Mauser ramjet rifles
are fine weapons,
excellently balanced
and designed, though
some examples have
been recovered showing
signs of deteriorating craftsmanship later on in the
war (made of low-grade metals such as pressed
aluminum, or even wood and plastic for nonessential parts). An original, early-make
Mauser ramjet is a highly valued
weapon indeed!
TOW II
The TOW (tube-launcher, optically tracked, wireguided) missile and its succeeding generations were
designed as heavy armor killers. One of the most
effective weapons of its kind, the missile itself
employs a special probe at the tip to optimize armor
penetration through detonation at a standoff distance
of several inches, making it ideal against all ranges of
armored targets.
Though designed to be used by a ground team with a
tripod, the TOW can be mounted on attack helicopters
and fast ground vehicles (such as the Hummer),
for attacking armored vehicles on the conventional
battlefield.
When the TOW II hits its target, it explodes like
a grenade or other explosive, dealing 6d12 points of
save DC 18 for half damage). Because the TOW II
features a superior warhead designed to penetrate the
armor of military vehicles, the TOW II ignores up to
15 points of hardness if it strikes a vehicle, building, or
The TOW II has a minimum range of 300 feet. If
fired against a target closer than 300 feet away, it does
not arm and will not explode.
The Exotic Firearms Proficiency (rocket
launchers) feat applies to this weapon.
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TABLE
3-10: POWERED
MELEECritical
WEAPONS
Weapon
Damage
Damage Type
Melee Weapons (Weapons Proficiency feat needed given in parentheses)
Shock Gloves (simple)
1d8
x2
Electricity
Stun Baton (simple)
3d6
x2
Electricity
Chainsword (exotic)
3d6
18-20/x2
Slashing
Power Sword (archaic)
2d6
19-20/x2
Slashing
Warp-Field Sword (exotic)
1d8
19-20/x2
Slashing
Energy Pike (archaic)
2d8
18-20/x2
Slashing
POWERED MELEE
WEAPONS
In addition to ranged weapons,
the Ancients developed powered
melee weapons to use in close
quarters combat and illegal blood
sports. All of the following weapons require the
advanced Technology feat to operate properly.
Chainsword
This type of device, simple but remarkably brutal in
effect is, in essence, a chainsaw/sword combination. It
works just like a chainsaw, but has a narrower, razorsharp blade, and a handle more receptive to swinging
about in pitched combat. Power Source: Beltpack or
backpack.
Energy Pike
A very common weapon of the U.S. Army during
the years of foreign invasion (especially useful in
the spontaneous execution of prisoners of war), this
appears to be a dull black or gray staff, universally
8 long, but when activated (usually by pressing a
button or switch on the pommel), the last three feet or
so begins to glow brightly. The reason for this is that
the pike has a powerful ion emitter that ionizes the
air around the business end of the weapon, in effect
creating a high-energy power field around it.
The weapon attacks like a regular melee weapon,
but is far more deadly when it hits (increased critical
range). In addition, it emits a glow up to 30 ft. around
the user. As a type of polearm, the energy pike has
reach of 10 feet, but cannot be used against an adjacent
foe. Power Source: Beltpack or backpack.
Power Sword
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This item operates much like an energy pike, except

that its in the shape of a typical long sword and is
commonly used in close quarter combat situations.
Power Source: Beltpack or backpack.
Shock Gloves
These items were used in both close-quarters military
action and in illegal boxing matches. Shock gloves
appear to be metal gloves, but emit a strong visible
Size
Weight
Cost
Craft DC
Small
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Large
1 lb.
3 lb.
8 lb.
4 lb.
15 lb.
15 lb.
2,000 cp
1,000 cp
15,000 cp
8,000 cp
50,000 cp
32,000 cp
25
23
28
32
38
33
electric field. Each time a hit is scored, in addition

to regular punch damage, a powerful shock shoots
through the target, inflicting 1d8 points of electrical
damage. Shock gloves require the exotic weapon
proficiency to use, but are otherwise treated as
unarmed attacks in all ways, including attacks of
opportunity. Power Source: Beltpack or backpack.
Stun Baton
This appears to be a metal baton, which emits an
energetic glow and subtle hum when activated. The
baton, when it hits an opponent, lets off a low-voltage
charge that effectively stuns the target, inflicting nonlethal damage. Power Source: Beltpack or backpack.
Warp-Field Sword
This tremendously advanced device was said to be a
product of the infamous Philadelphia Experiment
of the Ancients, a landmark event that allowed man
to break through the dimensional barrier. The sword
generates a field that causes the blade to dance
between dimensions, allowing it to literally pass
right through obstructions - specifically, armor. The
sword is completely unaffected by armor and will only
damage flesh. Power Source: Minifusion cell.
ARMOR
Advanced armor types include
the fanciful protective
devices of civil and military
agencies that existed
during the years before the
nuclear apocalypse claimed
all of civilization. Since few
remember the events that drove
original man extinct, these items stand only as silent
reminders of his former greatness.
Advanced Metal
Advanced metal armor includes a number of hightechnology creations, utilized by advanced societies,
associations, and brotherhoods. Advanced metal
armor is typically composed of superior materials
like ferroalloy, super-titanium, etc., covering the
body not unlike a suit of medieval plate armor.
Much more resistant to rounds and lasers than more
TABLE 3-10: ARMOR

Armor
Heavy Armor
Environment suit
NBC suit
Civil security suit
Military combat suit
LazAb
Special security suit
Advanced metal
Plastex
Type
Equipment
Bonus
Nonprof.
Bonus
Impromptu
Impromptu
Tactical
Tactical
Tactical
Tactical
Tactical
Tactical
+4
+4
+5
+6
+7
+9
+9
+10
+3
+3
+2
+2
+3
+3
+3
+3
archaic armors, these suits are a sign of technological

achievement in a wasteland people.
Civil Security Suit

During the final years of mankinds degenerating
dominance of the world, civilization began to break
down. Suits such as this were issued to all police
officers. The armor consists of a plastic plate
breastplate, leg guards, and helmet, and are generally
fashioned to mimic a uniform of some kind - the
officers number and the words MetPol or LAPD
are blatantly evident on the armor panels. Generally
a web belt is also included for the placement of a
sidearm, tear gas or photon grenades, and a walkietalkie.
Environment Suit
The environment suit is a heavy-duty version of the
more common NBC suit, built to protect against
industrial-grade radioactive contaminants and longterm radiation exposure. Environment suits are made
heavy with lead body panels, utilizing an aluminum
support frame to evenly distribute weight and selfpowered internal pressurization unit to further keep
out minute radioactive particles (such as dust). An
environment suit protects against up to high radiation
(see Radiation Sickness), and also has a built-in
head-mounted flashlight for work in powerless
areas. A suit has a limited version of an advanced
breathing apparatus that operates for 12 hours at a
time (recharging itself after 12 hours takes another 30
minutes).
LazAb
Short for laser ablative, this type of experimental
armor appears to be a highly reflective form of
metallic plate. In reality, lazab is composed of a
weave of billions of crystalline metallic structures,
covered in a sprayed-on coating of super-reflective
aerosol metal. Appearing almost mirror-like, lazab is
especially effective in the diffusion and reflection of
directed energy attack forms.
When defending from directed energy-based attacks
(lasers, masers, etc), lazab provides damage reduction
10.
Max Dex Armor

Bonus
Penalty
+0
+1
+3
+3
+0
+0
+0
+2
-7
-6
-4
-4
-7
-8
-6
-5
Speed
(30 ft)
Weight
Cost
Craft
DC
15
20
25
25
20
20
20
20
100 lb.
50 lb.
8 lb.
10 lb.
50 lb.
20 lb.
50 lb.
30 lb.
1,200 cp
1,500 cp
1,200 cp
2,100 cp
4,000 cp
5,000 cp
7,500 cp
12,000 cp
24
24
23
23
25
25
28
30
Military Combat Suit

The majority of the worlds armed forces employed
this kind of armor. The suit consists of a ballistic
nylon vest and arm greaves, with a helmet as well - it
was meant to protect the vitals only. The suit will
always be camouflaged to the particular environment
in which it is found.
NBC Suit
These precious suits protect against a wide variety of
biochemical agents and most low-levels of gamma
and UV radiation. They come in a variety of types,
from rugged special military suits to thin military
pullover suits, to heavy and cumbersome civilian
suits used in industry and power plant maintenance.
Some are simply overalls, while others have an
internal framework of light aluminum to keep the
suit rigid. Some forms, designed for work in certain
facilities, have a flexible umbilical (connected to a
static installations own air supply) and an interior
pressure system which causes the suit to inflate - the
higher pressure inside keeping chemical and biological
particles out (hence the bulkiness of the suit). Most
protect against all agents, others only one or two.
In general, a NBC suit found by characters
will likely be suited for exploration of all three
environments, with a maximum protection of up to
moderate radiation (see Radiation Sickness).
Plastex
Plastex is an advanced form of armor that was
developed just months before the Fall. It was a
development of cheaply made plastic armor whose
protective capabilities far exceeded most basic armor
types, but at a fraction of the cost of powered armor
suits. Plastex is relatively lightweight, however,
giving it a definite advantage even over most
powered armor. Plastex is generally transparent or
translucent like glass, and is rigid in format; most
plastex armors consisted of breastplates, arm guards,
etc.. Unfortunately, plastex suits were fitted to each
soldiers personal measurements, and thus suits found
so far in the future are seldom usable except in rare
cases.
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When a suit of plastex armor is found as treasure,

roll its dimensions randomly as if rolling a characters
height and weight. A character can only wear armor of
this type if it is suited to his dimensions.
Special Security Suit

This kind of protective armor was issued to special
police security teams before the Fall, units such as
SWAT, food riot control, etc.. The armor consists
of rigid plastic plates on the arms and legs, and a
ballistic nylon vest and helmet (with clear or mirrored
faceguard). A gas mask is integral to the helmet,
allowing the trooper to operate in tear gas or other
irritant agents unimpeded. The special security suit
also has a web-belt for carrying optional riot gear.
GENERAL
EQUIPMENT
Bags And Boxes
Most items in this basic

category remain available
even years after the nuclear war.
Items in this category that remain unchanged include
the aluminum travel case, briefcase, contractors field
bag, day pack, handbag, and range pack. The patrol
box would be a little harder to find, but not impossible
to locate.
Clothing
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For travelers in the blasted ruins of the past, some

valuable finds consist of rare and weird clothing that
harkens back to a time when mankind was able to be
frivolous and wasteful. It is widely known that rare
and exotic textiles were used to create fantastic and
futuristic clothing in the years leading up to the Fall;
from fancy three-piece suits made of black shimmer
velvet to liquid gold gowns for the ladies. Rarer
textiles employed in such garments included Synthisilk
(just like the real thing, all but impossible to get with
diminishing world trade during the years of final
warfare), SexySatin (a cross between satin and crushed
velvet), Luminescence (glowing and color-shifting
fabric), and Neosamite (gold thread intertwined with
synthetic or, even rarer, natural fur follicles).
Most forms of clothing from the d20 Modern rules
remain common (except for business and formal
wear, which is almost impossible to find), while
uniforms (short of those scavenged off the bodies of
soldiers who died during the Fall) are usually only
seen on members of specific factions to identify their
followers.
Technicians Coveralls
These clothes consist of a pair of white coveralls with
light-reflective plastic strips up the legs and arms,
zippered up the front with an insulated collar. These
suits are not only comfortable, but they do nothing
to impede movement whatsoever. In addition, the
material of the suits (the fabrication of which is no
longer possible using the technology of the wasteland)
has a special property that blocks out up to mild
radiation (see Radiation Sickness).
Computers And Consumer

Electronics
Computer equipment, often referred to simply as

gizmos by the uneducated, have become rarer
and rarer with the passage of time. Their intricate
components, delicate manufacture, and susceptibility
to the elements have left many useless or destroyed.
As a result, what was once available in every city is
now a rare and precious resource.
Cameras can be found among the ruins of old
cities, though there is no film developing service
(a character will have to develop photos himself,
unless he has a factions resources behind him). Since
there is no cell service anymore, cell phones are, by
and large, utterly useless to characters. All kinds of
computers, digital audio recorders, modems, PDAs,
portable video cameras, printers, scanners, and
walkie-talkies are available (albeit extremely rare,
and often hoarded by those with any knowledge of
their operation), though portable satellite telephones
probably do not work because the satellites they rely
on have likely deteriorated over the decades.
Crafting Advanced Electronics

Some electronics, like computers and communication
devices, require mastery in other fields of science and
technology. They are very difficult to craft without
training in the relevant disciplines. Unless the
character has the Advanced Electronics Discipline feat,
he suffers a 4 non-discipline penalty to Craft checks
when creating these devices.
Crafting advanced electronics takes time
(determined using the guidelines in the Craft skill) and
requires raw material equal to one third of the cost of
the item. The raw materials can be bought or salvaged
(see Repair skill). Game masters should require
that salvage materials be from complex or greater
electronic objects. Each electronic object has a Craft
DC.
It is up to the game master to determine what is
considered advanced, but in general, electronic items
with a Craft DC 25 and above should be considered
advanced.
TABLE 3-11: ELECTRONICS

Object
Identity Card
Induction Transformer
Language Translator
Memory Chips, Android
Optic Scanner
Power Sources
Power Cell
Power Pack
Power Clip
Power Beltpack
Power Backpack
Minifusion Cell
Plutonium Clip
Harmonic Cell
Size
Fine
Tiny
Small
Fine
Med
Weight
.5 lb.
1 lb.
3 lb.
Cost
varies
30,000 cp
2,600 cp
Varies
8,000 cp
Craft DC
33
30
35
30
Tiny
Med
Small
Small
Med
Tiny
Small
Small
.5 lb.
3 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
4 lb.
.5 lb
1 lb.
1 lb.
50 cp
200 cp
400 cp
1,000 cp
2,000 cp
2,000 cp
3,000 cp
20,000 cp
18
20
25
25
25
32
32
35
Identity Card
The Ancients used a variety of identification cards for

a variety of reasons; credit management, purchasing of
goods, and access to certain areas. These cards come
in a variety of degrees, and were only issued to those
who had the right clearance - some allow passage into
police armories, others into medical facilities, others
into personal homes. They are typically color-coded,
and allow passage into areas monitored and kept
secure by robots and electronic security systems.
If a character does not have a card of the appropriate
level, he may attempt a Disable Device check to
disable the card lock. The DCs listed above reflect the
average difficulty for locks of each security stage.
The induction transformer, or leech, appears to be

a small electronic device, no larger than a cigarette
pack, with a small digital readout, numerous buttons,
and ports for numerous kinds of plugs of all types. An
attached cord of durable rubber, with a jack on one
end, can be uncoiled from a slender compartment on
one side. The induction transformer, when jacked
into any form of generator or industrial-sized storage
capacitor that will permit it, draws off some of the
machines power to re-charge a smaller, depleted
power battery also hooked to it. Assuming the sourcegenerator is currently in operation (or, in the case of
a power storage unit, charges are still left in it), the
transformer will recharge any power cell, pack, clip,
beltpack, or backpack at a rate of one charge per hour.
If the transformers hook-ups are detached at any time,
TABLE 3-12: Identity Card

Rank
Notes
Access
Disable
Device DC
Cost
White
Yellow
Blue
Purple
Red
Black
Lead
Copper
Bronze
Silver
Stage IC
Stage IIC
Stage IIIC
Stage IVC
Stage VC
Stage VIC
Stage IM
Stage IIM
Stage IIIM
Stage IVM
Typical citizens ID card

Technicians access card
Civil Authority access card
Federal Authority access card
Regional Governors access card
Presidential access card
Enlisted Military ID card
NCO access card
Officer access card
Base Armory access card
IC
IIC
IC, IIC, IIIC
IC, IIC, IIIC, IVC
VC
VC, VIC
IM/C
IM/C, IIM/C
IM/C, IIM/C, IIIM
IVM
25
27
30
30
40
50
27
30
35
40
1,000 cp
2,000 cp
7,000 cp
10,000 cp
25,000 cp
30,000 cp
1,000 cp
6,000 cp
10,000 cp
14,000 cp
Gold
Stage VM
Base Commander access card
IM/C, IIM/C, IIIM,

IVM, VM
40
32,000 cp
Platinum
Stage VIM
Military Research access card
VIM
50
42,000 cp
Color
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the charge is lost from both source and destination. A

transformer itself requires no power.
Language Translator
A special device, testament to the genius of the
Ancients before the fall of mankind, a language
translator consists merely of a small angular box,
often with a leather or rubber strap allowing it to be
slung over the shoulder or strapped to the arm. A
translator listens to any vocal emissions in the area
(i.e. talking), taking 3d10 minutes to analyze the
vocal emissions fully. Once a comparison with its
memory banks can be made the translator translates
any spoken communication into the language in
which it was programmed (for instance, an Americanmade translator translates anything spoken nearby
into English). The translator can either display the
translation on a screen or can emit the translation
through its speakers. The translator translates the
closest or loudest speaker in its range of 25 ft. The
translator works on all forms of verbal communication,
including alien languages (such as post-apocalyptic
languages). However, it only translates into a known
language from before the Fall.
Power Source: Beltpack.

These devices appear to be small, slender chips of
delicate silicon, often color-coded (but not always so;
some are coated in a protective black rubber sheath
to prevent erosion over time). Memory chips store
entire volumes of knowledge on a certain subject
(metallurgy, robotics, etc), like an encyclopedia,
which can be accessed only by robotic brains. When
installed in an android, a memory chip gives the
android a number of ranks in that skill. The degree of
the chips extensiveness (i.e. the rank gained) depends
on the chips quality rating.
Chip Rating
A
B
C
Skill Rank Given

6
12
18
Cost
18,000 cp
36,000 cp
54,000 cp
If the android already has the skill at a higher level,

the memory chip has no effect, but otherwise the
android receives the new skill at the stated level. An
android can only benefit from a number of chips equal
to the number of chip slots built in to the android. If
removed, or in some way damaged, the rank bonus is
lost.
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Optic Scanner
An alternative security lock is the optic scanner,
which guards computer terminals, doorways, and
buildings in the manner of ID cards. Mutants
with aberrant eye deformities (including albinism,
photosensitivity, mongoloid, bilirubin imbalance, etc.)

are not recognized by such scanners and will not be
granted admission by them.
Such security systems can be bypassed through
normal means (by way of the Computer Use skill;
most optic scanners are of exceptional or maximum
security, with a DC of 35 or 40).
Power Sources
Various items of this type were created to supply
power to the various technological devices of
mankinds creation, just prior to the end of civilization.
The power source (or fuel cell) is an electrochemical
device that converts the chemical energy of the fuel
into a direct-current output, like a continuous-process
battery. Most fuel cells made on pre-holocaust Earth
used hydrogen as a fuel. The various types of power
sources are as follows:
Power Cell. This item is a small flat circular battery,
used to power certain civilian energy-consuming
devices. This is the most primitive form of power
source, being, in effect, a battery. Chemicals within
the pack produce an electric charge when forced to
interact, this being the source of produced power.
Power Pack. The power pack was created to give
power to almost everything in mankinds world just
prior to the fall of civilization - ultra-modern blenders,
computers, even cars. The power pack is roughly the
size of a toaster or car battery, but may be as small as a
thin textbook.
Power Clip. The power clip, created for use with
portable weapons, is a small black battery. When
slid into any acceptable receptacle (such as an energy
weapons clip port), it immediately powers the
weapon.
Power Beltpack. The power beltpack was a
development for the military, and consists of a
black plastic (or metal) belt with small power packs
attached, along with a power cord and universal
adapter/capacitor. The beltpack can be used to power
energy weapons and other devices that will accept it.
Power Backpack. The ultimate personal power
source, this type of item is a small black backpack,
carried on plastic, leather, or rubber straps, linked
around the chest. The power backpack has a power
cord with universal adapter/capacitor (fits into any
item that will receive it).
Minifusion Cell. This device (a small silver
clip with an orange or red radiation symbol) was
the ultimate in military development. The cell
continuously processes internal hydrogen fuel to
power its miniature fusion reactor, providing a potent
output of power.
Plutonium Clip. This military development was
used to power the various advanced portable nuclear
weapons (such as atom guns, fusion rifles, etc). It
appears to be a thin glass cylinder (a special zirconium
glass) with a glowing green core of plutonium-239.
TABLE 3-13: POWER SOURCES

Power Source
Power Cell
Power Pack
Power Clip
Power Beltpack
Power Backpack
Minifusion Cell
Plutonium Clip
Harmonic Cell
Uses
Gizmos, small electronic devices
Gizmos, large electronic devices
Energy weapons
Energy weapons
Energy weapons
Powerful energy weapons
Powerful energy weapons
Unknown
Power
1 year continued use
5 years continued use
10 discharges*
25 discharges*
50 discharges*
10 discharges*
10 discharges*
Unlimited (20 per day)*
* When used to power non-discharged items, these power sources will provide indefinite use
The plutonium within is drawn from the clip as the
weapon fires, draining it just like charges.
Harmonic Cell. This super-advanced form of power
generation relies on cultured crystal formations that
reflect sound waves in a complex web-like fashion.
The sound waves grow in intensity each time they
reflect, causing a cascading chain of vibrations that
power internal generators. Harmonic cells, roughly
the size of a human hand, are VERY rare (perhaps
they are remnants of a bizarre alien technology), and
generate an infinite stream of strong current. Though
the harmonic cell must rest after 20 discharges,
it is recharged after 24 hours. A harmonic cell is
interchangeable with any other power pack, military or
civilian.
Different weapons/devices use different power
sources. Certain weapons are restricted to using
minifusion cells or plutonium clips, for instance.
Power cells and packs are for civilian electronic items
only, and cannot power weapons. A single source can
power only one device at a time.
Power sources cannot be recharged with the
diminished resources of most post-holocaust
communities. Only the most advanced (which
might well be considered out of the scope of player
involvement) have this ability.
Impulse Detector
This device looks vaguely like a boxy, hand-held set
of binoculars, with a digitalized display on the users
end. The impulse detector, when pointed at a subject
within 20 feet, uses a combination of microwave and
x-ray sensors to detect unnatural electric impulses
occurring within the target. In effect, the device
detects whether the subject is natural and organic, or
artificial and robotic. Using an impulse detector is
a standard action. However, if a full-round action is
taken, the detector also reveals the presence of built-in
weapons or special android features, such as infrared
photoreceptors, an internal power source, etc.
Such devices were used by late-war Ancients (the
few remaining left) to find human-mimicking androids
within their midst. An impulse detector is 100%
effective in determining whether or not a target is an
android.
Power Source: Cell.
Motion Detector
Surveillance Gear
Like computer equipment, surveillance gear is a

dwindling category of gear in the post-nuclear world.
In most cases characters would be very hard pressed to
locate operable examples of this type of equipment.
Black boxes, caller ID defeaters, cellular
interceptors, linemans buttsets, tap detectors, and
TABLE 3-14: SURVEILLANCE GEAR

Object
Impulse Detector
Motion Detector
Portable Detection Radar
X-Ray Goggles
telephone taps do exist, but their usefulness in a world

without widespread electronic communication would
be limited at best. Metal detectors and night vision
goggles, however, would be far more useful to most
characters.
Size
Small
Med
Med
Small
This item appears to be a large metal device, with a

glass T.V. tube on its upper side. The device, when
activated and pointed in a certain direction, detects
all motion in a cone (at 30 degrees) some 50 ft long.
Things that are moving within this area appear as dots
on the screen, showing their relative position in the
cone and the rate of their speed. The detector will
only detect motion by things Tiny or larger. A motion
Weight
3 lb.
4 lb.
5 lb.
3 lb.
Cost
5,000 cp
5,000 cp
14,000 cp
25,000 cp
Craft DC
32
26
30
30
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detector is unaffected by darkness, smoke or fog, or

concealment

This appears to be a plastic screen on a metal backing,
attached to a small tripod-mounted radar dish. The
radar is lightweight, can be carried easily, and can
detect movement by Medium-sized or larger creatures
within 3 miles. The radar detects in a 120-degree
arc, and monitors general size, distance, and speed,
displaying this information on its screen. A Portable
Detection Radar is unaffected by darkness, smoke or
fog, or concealment
Power Source: Pack.
X-Ray Goggles
This form of super-advanced eyewear permits the
wearer to see into and through solid matter. The
range is as per normal sight (not limited by darkness,
however), with the viewer seeing as if he were looking
at something in normal light even if there is no
illumination (for example, if looking through a wall
into a darkened room, he can see beyond even if it is
utterly dark).
The vision provided by x-ray goggles can penetrate
20 feet of cloth, wood, or similar animal or vegetable
matter. It can see through up to 10 feet of stone, 10
inches of iron, steel, copper, and brass, but cannot
penetrate lead, gold, or platinum.
Power Source: Cell.
Professional Equipment
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With the degenerate and backwards mentality of the

chaotic wasteland, what constitutes professional
equipment often becomes the basis for a communitys
entire way of life. As a result, common kits,
instruments, and individual tools are often considered
strategic resources to be jealously guarded. A simple
chemical kit could become the basis for a communitys
drug-based economy, or an electronics tool kit could
be vital to keeping a sheltered dome community in
power. Professional equipment is seldom for sale.
Bolt cutters, caltrops, car opening kits, duct tape,
handcuffs, instruments, search-and-rescue kits, and
spike strips are uncommon, but not impossible to find
in most wasteland markets.
Evidence kits, fake ID, and forgery kits have little
or no value to most people in the wasteland, and as a
result are extremely uncommon at best.
Chemical kits, demolitions kits, electrical tool
kits, first aid kits, lockpick sets, lock release guns,
mechanical tool kits, medical kits, multipurpose tools,
and pharmacist kits would be rare and extremely
valuable commodities, hoarded by most communities
for their applications in recreating weapons,
maintaining complex items of technology, etc..
Animatron, Construction
This device looks like a broad, round cylinder, with
three articulate arms and a trio of heavy, metal legs
to support its weight. The entire machine weighs
roughly 1,000 lbs, and stands altogether 8 feet above
the ground.
An animatron, this device is a simple type of
robotic machine that follows commands to perform
a simple function, and will continue to do so as long
as it is left alone (or until commanded to stop). In its
case, the construction animatron takes recognizable
building materials, and precisely constructs anything
it is programmed to build. In general this is limited
to structures such as walls, arches, and stairs, but
entire houses and even bridges are not outside their
capabilities. The construction animatron can take the
place of up to twenty men in a construction project,
and never tires, so that its non-stop work halves the
time needed to complete a building. A construction
animatron can also move slowly with its broad,
metal legs (at a rate of 5 feet per round), and can
work unsupervised so long as it is programmed with
a complete floor plan or blueprint diagram of the
structure it is building.
Programming a construction animatron requires an
operator to make a Computer Use check at DC 15.
Animatron, Digger
This type of animatron looks like a large metal box
on four spider-like legs, with a large drill bit on a
flexible arm rising from the top of its body. The
entire machine weighs roughly 2,000 lbs, and stands
altogether 10 feet above the ground.
When activated, the digger will continuously dig
away at any indicated rock, soil, or similar earthen
structure or obstacle with its bit, at a rate of 10 feet
each hour (for normal soil or earth), or 10 feet every
three hours (for hard rock). The digger can also move
slowly with its legs (at a rate of 5 feet per round),
and can be programmed through an integral keyboard
station to follow a basic plan (for instance, stopping
once it punches through a wall, or taking up to five
separate turns along the path of its digging).
Programming a digger animatron requires an
operator to make a Computer Use check at DC 12.
Animatron, Task
This type of animatron looks like a metal stickfigure, walking noisily along on thin metal legs. Two
metal arms permit it to perform whatever function it
is programmed with usually these are simple tasks,
such as walking a specific route, re-lighting torches
or lanterns along a perimeter, flicking switches in a
pre-determined order, etc. The task animatron cannot
carry items, cannot detect the presence of living things
(or react to them), nor can it be commanded on a
whim.
Table 3-15: Professional Equipment

Object
Size
Weight
Cost
Craft DC
Huge
1000 lb.
20,000 cp
35
Animatron, Digger
Huge
2000 lb.
26,000 cp
35
Animatron, Task
Large
200 lb.
9,500 cp
35
Astronaut Pen
Fine
100 cp
15
Books
Small
2 lb.
3,000 cp 10,000 cp
Boron Solution Spray
Med
3 lb.
1,000 cp
20
Corium Lantern
Small
2 lb.
90 cp
10
Electronic Skeleton Key
Small
2 lb.
60,000 cp
32
A task animatron moves at a rate of 10 feet per

round, and stands roughly five feet tall, though its
arms can extend out another 10 feet if need be. A task
animatron weighs no more than 200 lbs.
Programming a task animatron to perform a new
task requires an operator to make a Computer Use
check at DC 10.
Astronaut Pen
This is a fantastic pocket pen made from highdurability titanium, with a 1,000-year guarantee of
operation. An astronaut pen can write on wet surfaces
(even underwater), upside down, and for an unlimited
period of time.
Books
Books are among the last evidence that a culture
beyond the warring, desperate civilizations of today
once existed on the Twisted Earth. The books,
propaganda, and other educational devices of the
Ancients are called Arcanum, and are as revered
as artifacts as firearms, fancy armor, and their fancy
gizmos. Some cults actually worship old books and
readings Archie comics and Disney storybooks
have spawned a number of odd cults in the wasteland.
Books are useful as well, providing in many
cases access to skills otherwise denied primitive or
uneducated people (e.g. texts on cybernetics, robotic
repair, and the use of laser weapons). In game terms,
the referee may permit the owner of a book on a
certain skill to earn that skill, one rank at a time,
through study, even without a mentor. Most books
are written in the language of the Ancients, however,
requiring knowledge of that language to be used with
any appreciable effect.

This advanced tool looks just like a portable fire
extinguisher, except that it contains a special chemical
mixture (primarily of boron powder) used to dampen
and inhibit neutron activity (in other words, it reduces

radioactivity). When the solution is sprayed on any
radiating source (a cracked power cell, nuclear waste,
anything emitting radiation), it lowers the level of
Radiation by one level for each application (thus,
applying two charges of spray on a high radiation
source would bring it down to low radiation).
Each boron spray container generally contains 1d10
spray charges.
Corium Lantern
These items come in a wide variety of sizes and
shapes, depending on where and how they were
made. Mostly these are made from discarded kerosene
lanterns, the core of which has been replaced by
a solid chunk of corium. The corium in the lamp
provides a dim silvery-white light out to 20, just like
a regular lantern; however, a corium lantern cannot be
extinguished (though it can be shuttered or covered to
block the light). Though the corium in the lantern is
radioactive, the level is so weak that it is harmless (but
is still detectable by mutations or devices that detect
gamma radiation).

This type of device was highly illegal before the
Fall, and is thus very rare. Used by safecrackers and
burglars, the electronic skeleton key looks like a small
metal box with a computer chip sticking out of one
end. This end is inserted into keycard slots, and the
device automatically attempts to duplicate the electric
signal produced by the required card. Using the
key, a normally invincible keycard lock can often be
bypassed.
Using an electronic skeleton key provides a +10
enhancement bonus to Disable Device checks to open
electronic locks. Military security of stage IV and
above cannot be bypassed with this device, however.
An electronic skeleton key weighs 2 lbs.
Power Source: Cell.
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TABLE 3-16: HAZARD DETECTION DEVICES

Object
Chemical Sensor
Geiger Counter
Rad Tab
Ion Bonding Tape
Size
Small
Small
Fine
Med
Hazard Detection Devices
There are various types of chemical/biological/

nuclear detection devices available; some are
hand-held devices, some are worked into clothing,
others are mounted on helmets and gloves. The
numerous models, produced during the final stages
of civilizations wars, vary in size, shape, color, and
name, but pretty much work the same. The three main
types are as follows:
Chemical Sensor
These devices, typically hand-held and possessing
a microphone-like protrusion, detect the general
presence of toxic chemical gasses in the vicinity. Such
an item detects only chemical agents (not radiation),
including hazardous chemicals (any form), chemical
contaminants, and various nerve/irritant/blood agents.
A chemical sensors range is 50 ft.
Geiger Counter
This type of item can be hand-held, mounted on a
shoulder harness, or even installed in some advanced
infantry combat suits like a modified HUD. Such an
item detects the exact Rad level in an area, displaying
it on a numbered dial (sometimes digital), emitting
a high-pitched whine when the user gets close to the
source of radiation. A Geiger counter has a range of
75 ft and weighs 3 lbs.
Rad Tab
Such items come in all shapes and sizes, but are
usually installed as a colored strip on an I.D. badge,
arm band, etc. The strip changes color when the
wearer comes close to dangerous radiation level areas.
Such an item changes from black to yellow at mild
levels, yellow to orange at low levels, and orange
to red at moderate levels or more. After exposure to
radiation, a Rad Tab cannot be used again. Range is
immediate.
Power Source: NA.
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Ion Bonding Tape

This is a super-advanced form of binding material that
bonds easily to most surfaces, even slippery metal.
A typical roll has about 2,000 feet of tape. Ion tape
requires a Strength check (DC 20) to tear or detach.
Weight
1 lb.
3 lb.
12 lb.
Cost
10,000 cp
10,000 cp
300 cp
800 cp
Craft DC
25
25
20
25
Survival Gear
Of the various basic categories of equipment, survival

gear is by far the most important to the inhabitants of
the post-nuclear world. While there is great demand
for most items useful in surviving the worlds terrible
dangers and climate hazards, a number of communities
have virtual cottage industries that produce these
vital items to make life in the wasteland possible.
Backpacks, climbing gear, compass, mesh vests,
rope, sleeping bags, tents, and trail rations are all
common items found in nearly every corner of the
wasteland, either as dusty old items scavenged from
the ruins or post-Fall replicas made from makeshift
materials (examples include backpacks made from
woven reeds, rope made from animal gut or sinew,
tents made from hides, etc.).
Binoculars, chemical light sticks, fire extinguishers,
flash goggles, flashlights, and portable stoves would
be very useful to wilderness travelers, and as a result
fetch a good price in markets. Gas masks are much
more uncommon items, their rarity commanding a
significantly higher price.
Maps are often priceless finds in the post-holocaust
world. Whether found in the form of a foldable travel
map or as a small electronic map display device (a
computer map so to speak), maps from before the
Fall can provide an invaluable tool for the finding
of Ancient storehouses - lost cities, military reserve
depots, research facilities, or water sources (such as
forgotten mountain lakes, reservoirs, etc). Almost all
communities value pre-war (and even some post-war)
maps like gold.
GPS systems would not be operable due to the
destruction of most communications satellites during
the Fall, or thanks to deterioration of said satellites
over the decades since the collapse of civilization.
Advanced Breathing Apparatus

This is a generic term used to describe a variety of
breathing-assistance devices, such as diver air tanks,
firefighter oxygen masks, or internal air supply
systems for spacesuits, radiation suits, etc. Most
apparatus include a backpack-mounted air tank (not
always the case, as in the case of the most advanced
- which employ oxygen recycling systems, negating
the need for tanks), good for 1 hour of use (some are
even good for up to 10 hours of use). Unlike a gas
mask, which only filters air, the apparatus generates
or carries its own supply. The apparatus renders the
Table 3-17: Survival Gear

Object
Autograpnel
Cigarette Lighter
Cyborg Sustenance Tube
Dehydrated Pills
Emergency Raft
Firestarter Cube
Gravity Boots
Halazone Tablets
HEVE Candy
Instant Pillow
Light Rod
Magnesium Firestarter
Portable Petrol Power Generator
Potassium Iodide Tablets
Power Bar
Ready Meal
Salt Pills
Soup Mix
Survival Kit
Synthihol
Water Purifier
Size
Med
Med
Dim
Tiny
Dim
Small
Dim
Small
Dim
Dim
Dim
Dim
Dim
Large
Dim
Dim
Tiny
Dim
Dim
Med
Tiny
Small
wearer immune to inhaled toxins, including poisonous

gas, inhaled radiated dust, and airborne diseases.
Autograpnel
This piece of equipment appears to be a plastic
rectangular device with a hard steel grapnel on one
end, and an internal coil of tensile plastic rope. The
autograpnel may be used to fire the grapnel (which
draws the rope with it) up to 75 ft. straight into the
air; the device may be used to retract from 5 ft. to 60
ft. per round (it can, for example, be used to draw a
person up into the air after the grapnel; the rope is
strong enough to support the weight of roughly two
Medium-sized beings). An autograpnel weighs 6 lbs.
Power Source: Cell.
Cigarette Lighter
This tiny, priceless object creates a steady flame even
in wet or windy conditions due to a shielded cover.
They come in a number of colors and styles. A typical
lighter will have d100 charges.

This foodstuff item resembles a normal goo tube,
but the contents are even worse a greenish-gray,
vomit-like soup edible only by cyborgs. The soup
is composed almost entirely of purely nutritional
proteins, but its look, taste, and smell would make
Weight
8 lb.
6 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
100 lb.
1 lb.
4 lb.
.5 lb.
2 lb.
Cost
19,000 cp
3,000 cp
90 cp
50 cp
20 cp
1,000 cp
25 cp
8,000 cp
50 cp
20 cp
50 cp
15 cp
350 cp
20,000 cp
200 cp
10 cp
20 cp
20 cp
5 cp
300 cp
20 cp
7,500 cp
Craft DC
20
23
15
15
20
17
18
30
17
20
20
20
22
20
25
15
15
15
12
12
20
any organic creature sick. Since cyborgs still need

sustenance to feed their organic tissue, these are
the most efficient form of food and are produced
en masse to feed them in robotic armies. A single
sustenance tube will feed a cyborg for 2 weeks.
Dehydrated Pills
Developed for use in long-range space missions, these
food items are small colored pills that are simply
meals reduced in size due to the extraction of all
moisture. Quite tasty (they come in various flavors,
such as French fries, hamburger, etc.), they also
manage to meet the nutritional requirements of a full
meal.
Emergency Raft
This is essentially a bright orange plastic container
(cylindrical or box-shaped) with a thick rubbery
shoulder strap for easy carrying. When opened and a
tab pulled, an auto-inflating raft literally pops out.
The raft is generally large enough to support eight
Medium-sized people steadily on all but the roughest
seas, remaining buoyant for about 1-2 weeks. A fold
out tent top can be deployed to protect against cold
and high winds. It can be used only once, however,
and cannot be re-packaged.
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Firestarter Cube
A clear plastic cube, 1 in x 1 in; when the side tabs are
pulled, the cube heats chemically to ignite flammable
materials within contact, even in extreme dampness or
high winds. Ideal for starting a campfire in a storm.
A firestarter cube is a one-use item.
Gravity Boots
These items appear to be thick plastic boots; they
can be either voice- or button-activated to allow the
wearer to float slowly into the air, walk up most unsure
surfaces, etc., as if levitating. The boots do not, of
course, allow the wearer to climb sheer surfaces and
the like. In cases where a check is required, the boots
are considered to give a +20 enhancement bonus to
Climb and Jump checks. A single charge powers the
boots for 10 minutes.
Halazone Tablets
One of these tablets, when combined with one liter of
water, will purify it of most simple contaminants and
parasites. Heavily contaminated water sources (GMs
discretion) may require the use of two tablets per liter.
Halazone tablets will not work on salt water, or water
tainted with gritty minerals.
HEVE Candy
The name, HEVE, stands for high-energy vitaminenriched, but was also a common nickname used by
soldiers to describe what the taste made them want
to do. This candy, when eaten, supplements nutrition
intake (each candy cube provides for one full meal).
Instant Pillow
This item is often packaged in a high-tech looking
metallic package, no larger than a pack of sealed
baseball cards. When torn, the slip of pink material
inside is cast on the ground, where a chemical reaction
(the stuff is made of a material that foams on contact
with simple atmospheric nitrogen) turns it into a goodsized pillow. The pillow only opens up once, however,
and cannot be re-packaged. The item was, obviously,
ideal for weekend camping trips for the whole family.
Light Rod
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These are hard plastic rods (three feet in length), filled

with two chemicals which, when combined by pulling
a tab on the rod, glow brightly and intensely. Colors
range from vibrant orange to fluorescent blue. The
glow of a light rod provides illumination up to 50 ft,
and lasts up to eight continuous hours, before the rod
is used up.
These are high quality magnesium starters, operable
in even the wettest conditions. The starter consists
of a magnesium bar, which when scraped produces

magnesium shavings that are highly flammable (a
built-in sparking rod is included).

This appears to be a heavy machine with plastic or
metal carrying bars (its the size of maybe two or
three car batteries, very heavy, but still man-portable).
This type of miracle device uses petrol (25% of
these devices use alcohol instead) to generate a
steady current of electricity. The generator produces
1 Megawatt per half liter of petrol, per hour. The
tank in the generator generally holds two liters. It
can generally only be linked to household devices
(not weapons), but its flow is enough to power most
devices in a small community. It weighs 100 lbs.

These pills help reduce the amount of radioactivity the
body absorbs during a 24 hour period. For a character
that has taken a potassium iodide tablet, calculate the
time of radiation exposure normally, but drop the final
result by one category. For example, a character that
has spent 10 minutes exposed to radiation counts as
only having been exposed for 1 minute. There is no
additional benefit for taking more than one pill in a 24hour period.
Power Bar
These large candy bars are packaged in silver
wrapping, and can remain preserved for a great deal
of time. Although the taste is far from delicious, these
bars are full of protein and vitamins; each provides for
about one-half a meals worth of nutrients.
Ready Meal
These excellent examples of pre-Fall food technology
come in either tray, envelope, or cylinder form, and
are the ultimate in preserved foods. At one end of the
package (regardless of shape and size) is a pull ring,
which when peeled off creates a chemical reaction
in the package that either heats, cools, or rehydrates
the food within (depending, of course, on the type of
dish). In addition, a spork is usually attached to the
package to eat with. Ready meals remain preserved
for centuries due to space-age packaging, and are
actually quite delicious and nutritious. The nutrition
value of one meal is equal to a full days nutritional
requirements.
Salt Pills
Salt pills increase the salt content in the body, which
as a result helps retain ingested moisture. One pill,
taken daily, reduces the need for ingested moisture by
one half for 1-4 weeks.
Soup Mix
A variety of soup mixes (most from oriental
companies) are available even decades after the
holocaust. Dehydrated and vacuum-packed, these
mixes are somewhat nutritious (equal to about one full
meal), but require mixing with a certain amount of
heated, drinkable water a rarity in a world without
adequate water resources.
Survival Kit
This type of item was issued to soldiers in the field,
and many types are available. The kit contains a
water-purification bag (which holds up to one liter of
water), four halazone tablets, a simple sewing kit, a
book of 20 matches, compass, four gobs of chewing
gum, eight pieces of sweet candy (these offer no
nutrition, but consuming one raises the eaters energy
level due to sugar content), a razor blade and holder,
thirty pieces of HEVE candy, and a single canister of
Medi-Spray (wound healing).
Synthihol
Synthihol was all the rage in the United States prior
to the Fall. Synthihol comprises a variety of synthetic
and engineered alcoholic products; the effect was to
allow the manufacturer to create an astounding variety
of taste, scent, and richness qualities heretofore alien
to traditional alcoholic beverages. Synthihol products
were being manufactured to possess weird and eyecatching colors, each being different than the next, and
thus they are now prized in the wasteland like exotic
elixirs. In effect, however, they are little more than
exotic beers or wines.
Water Purifier
A variety of models of this device exist, but in use,
it operates along the same principle as a water filter;
it purifies water of any kind and makes it digestible
by the human metabolism. The purifier runs on
electricity, which is used to separate the chemicals in
the water. This device requires one hour to purify one
days water requirement for a Medium-size creature.
Power Source: Pack.
Weapon Accessories
Only warriors, community guardians, and soldiers

carry most weapon accessories. Despite the
typical attitude of keeping the best for their own,
some communities do sell such items to travelers,
merchants, and visiting outsiders.
Box magazines, holsters, and speed loaders are
common enough. Detonators (and all explosives)
are rare, usually hoarded by various communities for
weapons. Illuminators, laser sights, and suppressors
are uncommon, if not very hard to find.
VEHICLES
Vehicles are among the most
common artifacts scavenged
from the wasteland and
drawn back into use by the
few surviving communities
or individuals of the Fall.
These include automobiles,
motorcycles, trucks, etc. Vehicles
are often highly prized as not only symbols of power
and influence, but also for their ability to carry heavy
loads over long distances, as well as defend against
or outrun the common raider gangs and armies of the
desert.
Helicopters (including the Bell Jet Ranger, Bell
Model 212, and Blackhawk) and planes (Cessna 172
Skyhawk and Learjet Model 45) after the nuclear
holocaust are best handled by the GM. Most aircraft
were either destroyed when the major airports and
fields were hit in the nuclear exchange, or left to
deteriorate over time when the great cities were
abandoned. As such, working aircraft are almost
impossible to locate.
Most civilian cars and trucks remain available,
though to be certain their appearance (and
corresponding performance) has diminished over time
in almost all cases. Left along the great highways
to rust after being abandoned during the war, most
are useless hulks. Some major merchant groups,
are known to resurrect Ancient-era vehicles to keep
the flow of trade open along the great highways and
deserts, while raiders have naturally taken to forming
virtual armadas of motorcycles, cars, and trucks to
prey upon the communities of the wasteland and strike
terror into their hearts.
The Acura 3.2 TL, Chevrolet Cavalier, Chevrolet
Corvette, Dodge Neon, and Volkswagen Jetta are
all common among most motorized communities
and gangs. The AM General Hummer, Chevrolet
Suburban, Dodge Caravan, Ford Escape XLT, Ford
F-150 XL, and Toyota Tacoma Xtracab are also
common among such road-mobile packs. Luxury
cars (including the Aston-Martin Vanquish, BMW
M3, Jaguar CJ Sedan, Lamborghini Diablo, and
Mercedes E55 AMG) are almost unheard of. All types
of motorcycles are commonly employed by raider
gangs, often altered with bizarre decorations and
modifications (wheel scythes, spikes, etc.).
Most water vehicles (civilian or otherwise) would be
very limited in usefulness, even if working examples
could be found.
Special vehicles should be handled on an individual
basis. Armored trucks are not unknown, but are more
than likely to only be found in the hands of the worlds
major factions and communities, either transporting
important persons from one destination to another, or
the most valuable cargos. Some groups might even
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used scavenged armored trucks as battle wagons.

The Honda TRX400FW could very well be common
as a cheap alternative to cars. The limousine would
be unlikely, except perhaps as the command car of a
particularly image-conscious raider gang or religious
cult.
Moving trucks and buses (NABI Model 40LFW) are
the backbone of many merchant convoys that cross the
wasteland supplying outlying communities with food,
water, and other supplies. Because of their value as
virtual rolling fortresses, however, they would be
extremely hard to find outside of these cartels.
Military vehicles, like special vehicles, require
special consideration. Most military vehicles can
be assumed to have been destroyed (or at least
badly damaged) during the Fall. Whether they were
destroyed in actual nuclear strikes, or by conventional
conflict on the radiated battlefield in the days and
weeks afterwards, most were damaged, destroyed, or
outright abandoned well before the timeframe of the
post-apocalyptic genre. Certainly the effects of time
and lack of maintenance have made most (if not all) of
these impressive machines of war useless.
Crafting Vehicles
Some skilled characters will want to Craft their own
vehicles. Like firearms, crafting vehicles is difficult in
post apocalyptic earth. Even if the characters posses
knowledge of mechanics, the technology of vehicles is
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Object
Antitox
Diagnostic Scanner
Filter Dose
Healing Pack
Hemochem
Hercurin
Juju Kit
K-O Shot
Medi-Spray
Pocket Nurse
Proton Energy Pill
Rad-Purge Shot
Ready Syringe
Regen Tank
Stimshot A
Stimshot B
Superegen
Sustainer Shot
Tailored Narcotics
Truth Serum
UV Sterilizer
Size
Tiny
Tiny
Dim
Med
Tiny
Small
Dim
Dim
Huge
Dim
Small
even more of a specific science. Unless the character

has the Modern Aircraft Discipline or Modern Vehicles
Discipline feat, he suffers a 4 to non-discipline
penalty to Craft checks when creating vehicles.
Crafting vehicles typically takes 24 hours (or more)
and requires raw material equal to one third of the
price of the vehicle. The raw materials can be bought
or salvaged (see Repair skill). Game masters should
require that salvage materials be from moderate or
greater mechanical objects. Craft DCs for vehicles
found in d20 modern can be found in the appendix.
MEDICINE
Numerous drugs and chemicals were devised by the
Ancients, some capable of saving lives, others capable
of enhancing mankinds inherited abilities - dictating
what was once the sole domain of nature. These
items, though limited in uses (i.e. they are consumed
when used) are often among the greatest treasures.
Medicines are known by many names in the post
holocaust world. To the primitive wasteland dwellers,
they are good juju, or good magic, while to those
who hold some semblance of civilization they are
known as drugs or simply meds. Medicines,
though vastly misunderstood by the savage survivors
of the holocaust, are still considered priceless because
of their magic - they are some of the few things
Weight
.5 lb.
1 lb.
6 lb
.5 lb.
2 lb.
2,000 lb.
2 lb.
Cost
375 cp
10,500 cp
400 cp
70,000 cp
300 cp
1,000 cp
300 cp
450 cp
1,000 cp
10,000 cp
1,000 cp
400 cp
200 cp
200,000 cp
1,000 cp
3,000 cp
500 cp
2,000 cp
150 cp
300 cp
8,000 cp
Craft DC
25
30
30
30
30
32
20
30
32
30
32
30
20
35
30
32
30
32
20
25
30
that maintain their value over time (due to futuristic

preservation techniques, that is).
Taking any kind of medication requires a full-round
action, unless administered through a Ready Syringe
(see below), in which case the administration only
requires a partial action.
Medical Incompatibility
Mutant physiology is not always compatible with
medicine created by the Ancients. As stated in
the mutant template, mutants must make medical
incompatibility checks when using medicine created
for pure breed humans. While the standard DC for
such checks is 15, each of the drugs below has its own
DC that reflects its compatibility with mutants.
of energy heals the subject 3d10 hit points instantly.

The device requires power, however, and it cannot
cure disease, nullify poison, or bring subjects back
from the dead. In addition, it has a flat 25% chance of
malfunctioning if used on any form of mutant, instead
inflicting 1d10 points of damage from its use. Using
a healing pack is a full-round action. A healing pack
weighs 2 lbs.
Power Source: Minifusion cell.
Hemochem
(Hemoglobin Regenerative Supplement A)
This drug, usually found in a Ready Syringe (see

below), completely dilutes and cleanses poisons
and chemical toxins from the system 2 rounds after
injection and removes all negative effects. Antitox
does not remove Incompatibility effects. DC 20.
This injected drug affects the spleen and liver,

accelerating blood production. The chemical itself is
a catalyst, acting to duplicate and multiply produced
blood geometrically. When administered, hemochem
heals all hit point lost due to bleeding effects (e.g.
wounding), and automatically stabilizes any victim
at 1 or fewer hit points. Bleeding effects include all
slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning weapons - but not
non-lethal damage, mental attacks, burns, acids, or
energy weapons. DC 10.
Diagnostic Scanner
Hercurin (Adrenaline Tap A)
This hand-held electronic device, when used within

10 ft. of a given subject (the scanner must be directed
towards the target), will scan its bloodstream,
electrical impulses, and general chemical content
with a variety of sophisticated sensors. The scanner
has a compressed memory bank filled with a large
library of diseases and general illnesses, and the
information gleaned from the scan is cross-referenced
with its memory to diagnose whatever disease
or sickness (if any) is affecting the target. The
diagnostic scanner detects and accurately identifies
diseases, chemical contaminant levels, the presence of
parasitic infestations, radiation levels, broken bones,
degenerative genetic illness, poison, etc. It also grants
a +10 enhancement bonus to Treat Injury checks.
This drug, found in capsule or shot form, increases

muscle output - a character injected with this drug
receives an increase of +1d4 Strength and Constitution
for a full 1d8 hours. There are no side effects once the
effects wear off. DC 30.
Antitox (Immune Booster Alpha)
Filter Dose (Immune Booster Beta)
Juju Kit
In post-Fall earth, modern medical kits are hard
to come by. In their absence, many of the postapocalyptic healers rely on Juju Kits to administer
treatment to their patients. Juju Kits are a mixture of
salvaged medical equipment and herbal ingredients,
more often the latter. Despite its reliance on natural
ingredients, a Juju Kit is just as effective as a Medical
Kit when treating injuries.
K-O Shot (Super Sodium Thiopental III)
This is an injected drug that dissolves and breaksdown foreign chemicals, toxins, and organisms in the
bloodstream. It works just like Antitox (above), but
also works against biological agents as well (including
parasites). DC 30.
This potent drug (akin to sodium thiopental, morphine,

codeine, and opiates), forces the victim to make a
Fortitude check (DC 30) or be knocked right out
for a full 2d8 rounds. Although originally made to
keep patients under during operations, it makes an
effective subdual weapon. DC 10.
Healing Pack
Medi-Spray (Polyregenerative Serum I and II)
This phenomenal device appears to be a small handheld pack with dials and lights on it, the size of an
old-style calculator. The pack, when held over a
serious wound and activated, begins to beep and blink,
and almost magically heals the wound (in fact, it
emits a specialized radiation wave that accelerates
cellular regeneration activity); it sutures open cuts,
mends bones, replaces tissue, etc. A single discharge
This magnificent miracle drug is dispensed in small

hand-held canisters with a nozzle at one end and an
activation button on the opposite side. Such canisters
come in a variety of colors and shapes (depending on
the company that manufactured it), but there are two
main medical variations of the basic drug available wound healing and spore neutralization.
The first kind sprays a liquid-form artificial flesh
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onto any wounded area, which quickly bonds and

heals the wound (heals 2d8 hit points per dose); the
second sprays a white-cell agitator that fights any and
all forms of spore infestation or other infections with
100% effectiveness.
All Medi-Sprays optimally have 10 doses of spray;
they cannot usually be reloaded, and are disposable.
DC 12.
Pocket Nurse
This is a flat, rectangular metal device fixed to an
adjustable belt, attached either to the hip or worn
around the waist. Three cylindrical ports line the top
of the device, where special drug cylinders can be
inserted. The pocket nurse is a marvel of advanced
technology that monitors the vital functions of the
wearer, injecting one of three chemicals into his
system as needed. The pack can carry a maximum
of three drugs of any kind, injecting these as needed,
one at a time, once per round, immediately following
an injury, poisoning, etc. The pack will always use
the most potent chemical first to remedy the threat
(such as in the case of loading Stimshot A and B, it
will use the B first). Since the pack itself does all the
work, this is considered a free action. The pack can be
reloaded, one drug at a time, as a standard action.
Power Source: Cell.
Proton Energy Pill (Adrenaline Tap B)

This advanced stimulant gives the user the strength
of 20 atom bombs for 20 seconds. Use of a proton
energy pill increases the Strength of the user by +2d10
for two consecutive rounds. After the effect wears off
all ability scores are at 4 for 48 hours. DC 35.
Rad-Purge Shot (Purge Serum I)

This is a chemical that purges radiation from the
beneficiarys system each time it is injected. One shot
is enough to grant a new save to fight off Radiation
Sickness. Even if the save fails, the Radiation is
lower by one degree. Thus a recipient with moderate
radiation sickness would have the radiation degree
reduced to low. DC 22.
Ready Syringe
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These items are light plastic syringes, easily

disposable. The syringe holds a single dose of any
drug; some are empty (and can be used to draw drugs
from a bottle), while others are packaged with the drug
within, ready-to-use. Using a Ready Syringe to apply
medicine in combat reduces the effort from a fullround action to a standard action that does not provoke
an attack of opportunity.
Regen Tank
This most advanced of all Ancient medical devices is
a large immovable tank, filled with a special chemical
fluid that accelerates the regenerative capabilities of

the human body. Any patient submerged in the regen
tank is sustained by the chemical (the body is kept
alive in much the same manner as it was when it first
developed in the womb, relying on umbilical support
from the tanks machinery), while the fluid in the
tank causes wounds to heal and ruptured or damaged
organs to literally regenerate. Such devices require
a great deal of power to operate effectively, and the
patient is effectively unconscious and vulnerable while
immersed in the tank. The tank requires 2d12 hours to
fully regenerate any and all lost limbs or body organs,
as well as lost hit points (though fatal injuries are not
reversed, those with potentially fatal consequences,
such as diseases, are).
Power Source: Pack.
Stimshot A (Polyregenerative Supplement A)

This drug, usually found in individual Ready Syringes,
provides instant accelerated healing. One dose of
Stimshot A will heal 2d8+10 hit points instantly. DC
15.
Stimshot B (Polyregenerative Supplement B)

This drug, usually found in individual Ready Syringes,
is an improved version of the universal healing drug,
Stimshot A. It provides instant accelerated healing;
one dose of Stimshot B will heal 2d8+15 points of
damage. DC 18.
Superegen (Periodic Polyregenerative

Supplement A)
This is a drug that accelerates the healing process; this
doubles the natural healing rate of the beneficiarys
wounds (e.g. a 2nd level character heals four hit points
per day instead of two) as well as temporary ability
damage (e.g. 2 points per day instead of 1). The
chemical remains active for 1d4+4 days. DC 25.
Sustainer Shot (Stasis Dose Alpha)

This type of miracle drug acts to sustain the body;
chemicals immediately increase the ability of the
blood to clot (reducing bleeding), drastically lower
body temperature (to reduce the need to breathe and
the heart to beat), and decreases the brains oxygen
intake - in effect, it preserves the body from dying.
When used on a dying character (including poisoned,
diseased, bleeding, etc., but not those suffering from
massive physical injuries), the sustainer shot will keep
the character barely alive for 1d4 days until the proper
healing can be performed. DC 10.
Tailored Narcotics
Advanced engineers in the philanthropic pre-war
United States produced tailored narcotics - drugs
designed to effect only the brain cells of a specific
buyer. Such drugs were well regulated, and the fact
that they are incompatible if taken by anyone other

than the designated user (causing diarrhea, but little
else) made them safe for widespread public use. Such
products were widely supported by the government;
as the world around the isolated States began to
deteriorate, the government sought many ways to
maintain the illusion of paradise the citizens of the
nation enjoyed, to stave off inevitable civil unrest and
suspicion. Tailored narcotics came in a number of
flavors - sensory trips, orgasm inducers, delusion
enhancers, etc. but today they are all but useless (since
they only affected the specific buyers cells). DC -.
Truth Serum (Amobarbital III)

Actually a variety of available drugs (amobarbital,
scopolamine, etc), truth serums often cause delirium,
confusion, and the laxness of inhibitions. As a result,
anyone injected by such a serum must make a Will
(DC 25) or succumb to interrogations. DC 25.
UV Sterilizer
This electronic device was used for scientific and
medical research before the fall of civilization. The
device appears to be a small hand-held television
or flash screen, used much like a hand-held scanner.
The UV sterilizer emits a continuous pulse of UV-C
(at a short wavelength from 2800A to 150A), a strong
enough radiation to sterilize surfaces, killing all known
viruses and bacteria. Whatever the UV ray passes
over is totally cleansed in a matter of 1d2 rounds.
This works on all viruses and bacteria, but is harmful
to living tissue (inflicting 1d6 in heat damage for every
two rounds of direct exposure; 3d6 vs. fungi and plantlike creatures). One discharge is used for each round
of operation. A UV sterilizer weighs 3 lbs.
Power Source: Backpack.
TABLE 3-19: MILITARY HARDWARE

Object
Animatron, Weapon
Auto-Mortar Platform
Biomechanical Targeter
Bollix Pack
Control Rod
Energy Shield
Force Field Belt
Jetpack
Magnetic Shield
Neural Control Pod
Obedience Collar
Pain Collar
Power Fist
Stealth Pack
Size
Large
Large
Small
Small
Tiny
Small
Large
Tiny
Med
Small
Small
Med
Med
MILITARY
HARDWARE
The category of military
hardware covers a wide
variety of miscellaneous
items used for combat. Most
examples of these items are rare,
since most military assets were of course obliterated
in the nuclear conflict. Wherever surviving examples
can be found, they are sure to be snatched by jealous
locals for their defense, by raiders to employ against
the meek, or by selfish wanderers seeking the edge
necessary to keep themselves alive.
Animatron, Weapon
A weapon animatron is a robotic mounting for any
weapon, usually light support weapons (such as
machineguns, but sometimes also flamethrowers or
pulse lasers). The animatron is a simple robot that
detects intruders and fires upon them, in the manner of
a defense or sentry turret.
Whatever weapon is used with the animatron is
mounted on its robotic tripod or turret ring, and is
fed by a supply of rounds (or by power source, with
variable charges left) in a bin beside it. In addition,
animatrons possess a portable motion detector and
power pack (variable hours remaining), which allows
it to detect motion by anything larger than a dog
within its scan-able area.
These animatrons are usually cleverly disguised,
or hidden inside bunkers or pillboxes. As such, the
animatron fires with automatic surprise on the first
round of combat, utilizing as many attacks as possible
each round until either it runs out of ammunition or all
Weight
300 lb.
300 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
.5 lb.
2 lb.
25 lb.
.5 lb.
4 lb.
1 lb.
1 lb.
8 lb.
3 lb.
Cost
13,000 cp
22,000 cp
15,000 cp
30,000 cp
18,000 cp
18,000cp 75,000 cp
200,000 cp
40,000 cp
18,000cp 75,000 cp
48,000 cp
2,000 cp
3,000 cp
5,000 cp
75,000 cp
Craft DC
35
35
35
30
25
35
35
30
35
35
25
25
35
37
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detected targets are neutralized.

Weapon animatrons are considered a CR 4 trap, with
Hardness 12, hp 40, Init +4, and a +10 ranged attack
bonus.
Power Source: Pack.
An auto-mortar platform is an animatron, generally
teamed with a security or war robot to provide
additional fire support in combat. It is otherwise
similar to the basic weapon animatron, being an
automated weapon system, with a portable motion
detector and power pack.
An auto-mortar fires weapons just like a standard
grenade launcher, but it fires two shots each
round from its double barrels. Though meant for
bombardment, the robot is mounted on treads and
can move of its own volition (at a rate of 20 feet
per round) and can also alter the inclination of its
weapons to fire indirectly (ignoring line-of-sight
rules). It carries its own ammo supply in a tracked cart
behind it usually up to 20 grenades of varying types,
and has the basic programming needed to choose
the best round to deal with an enemys particular
disposition.
Auto-mortar platforms are considered a CR 5
creature, with Hardness 12, hp 40, Init +4, and
a +10/+10 ranged attack bonus. An auto-mortar
will continue to attack until destroyed, or until its
controlling robot is destroyed.
Power Source: Pack.
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This advanced piece of electronic equipment was used

to augment the soldiers of the Ancients during the Fall.
The biomechanical targeter is a bodily modification
that requires one eye of the recipient to be surgically
removed and replaced with an advanced optical lens
that acts as a miniaturized computer targeting system.
The biomechanical targeter requires no power (it runs

off an ingenious power system fed by natural electric
impulses), and acts to increase accuracy at range.
A biomech targeter gives the user +20 in bonuses,
divisible as she wishes among any and all ranged
attacks each round (rounded down). For instance,
one attack at +20, two attacks at +10, three attacks at
+6, etc. The targeter can only be applied to existing
attacks; it cannot give additional attacks.
Installation of these devices is difficult, requiring a
Knowledge (Cybernetics) check at DC 30 (and, in any
case, one of the recipients natural eyes is forever lost).
Bollix Pack
The bollix pack is an small, super-advanced device
that can be worn on a special belt, or detached and
re-attached to a stealth pack to make an effective
combination. In any event, the bollix pack acts to
confuse and deceive all kinds of electronic sensors,
effectively turning the wearer invisible to scans and
biosensors. The bollix has no effect on visual or audio
sensors, however. The bollix eats up energy at an
immense rate (one charge per round of operation).
Control Rod
This item appears to be a small hand-held rod (or
sometimes a box), with one or two buttons. The
control rod is used solely to activate and de-activate
obedience and pain collars through broadcast
impulses. The control rod can be tuned to affect an
individual collar, a particular type of collar, or can be
used to affect all collars within a 30 ft radius of the
rods holder. One discharge of power is used up for
every three rounds of the rods continued operation.
Power Source: Clip or beltpack.
Energy Shield
With the development of new energy-based weaponry
in the final years of humanitys reign over Earth, new
forms of lightweight shields needed to be developed.
Energy shields, like earlier magnetic shields, are
harness-like devices that project a powerful energydampening field, reducing the effects of directed
energy attacks (such as lasers) against the wearer, in
the form of damage reduction. The actual amount
reduced depends on the model of shield.
Shield Type
A
B
C
Damage
Reduction
Cost
5
10
15
18,000 cp
36,000 cp
75,000 cp
The energy shield protects against directed energy

attacks, including lasers, masers, sonic weapons,
particle beam weapons, and electricity. Normal
projectile weapons, mass drivers, and radiation attacks
are not affected. Power is only used when and if the
wearer is struck (one charge per hit).
Force Field Belt

This priceless artifact creates a reactive force field
around the wearer. While energized, the shimmering
force field resists all forms of damage, elemental and
physical, providing the wearer with damage reduction
and resistance to energy (all) of 20. In addition, the
force field belt also gives the wearer a +4 deflection
bonus to AC. Power is only used when and if the
wearer is struck. The energy field negates all other
forms of powered shields worn by the user.
Power Source: Plutonium clip.
Jetpack
The jetpack is a heavy device worn on the back
providing flight with a speed of 120 feet (90 feet if
the user wears medium or heavy armor). The jet
output can be altered to fly at half speed, and descend
at double speed, and otherwise acts as a fly spell;
maneuverability is poor, with the exception that the
jetpack wearer can choose to hover for two full rounds
before being required to maintain speed. Using a
jetpack does not require the use of hands, and thus
the wearer can use weapons normally while flying. A
jetpack can generally carry one hours worth of fuel.
Magnetic Shield
These forms of personal shielding appear to be a kind
of metal harness with a central circular device that
fits in the center of the chest when worn. The device,
when activated, generates a field of magnetic energy
around the wearers entire body (but only affecting one
person, the wearer) that slows and deflects incoming
kinetic attacks. The actual amount reduced depends

on the model of shield (see energy shield).
The magnetic shield works against all non-energy
effects only (melee and ballistic ranged weapons,
firearms, and mass-drivers). Power is only used if the
wearer is struck by an attack.
Neural Control Pod

The neural control pod was a device created by the
Ancients in an early attempt to subdue and brain-wipe
androids that were beginning to develop aberrant
psychological behavior it was also later used by
vengeful humans to put errant androids back in
line. The pod looks like a heavy metal helmet with
power attachments, knobs, and lights. When placed
on the head of an android, it emits a concentrated
EMP through the direct connectors on the inside
of the helmet to erase its entire neural network in
essence, brainwashing it. Using metal collar and face
restraints, the pod could only be removed by immense
force (Strength check, DC 30).
An android affected by a neural control pod may
make a Will save (DC 25) to resist each round,
but failure results in the gain of one negative level
(permanent), plus a permanent point of Intelligence.
This procedure continues until the helmet is somehow
removed, the androids total levels are reduced to one,
or its Intelligence drops to zero. In the first case,
the pod will no longer cause any drain (but effects
suffered up to the point of removal are permanent).
In the second case, upon being reduced to first level
the pod immediately shuts off. In the final case the
android is effectively destroyed by the unit, unable to
bear the strain of its drain.
An android with EMP countermeasures is not
immune, but does receive a +5 enhancement bonus to
its Will save.
Against any victim other than an android, a Fort
save (DC 25) must be made or suffer 4d8+4 points of
damage each round from electrical shock (a successful
save results in only half damage).
Power Source: Pack.
Obedience Collar
The obedience collar is used by androids to force
intelligent organic creatures, such as humans and
mutants, to do their bidding or conform to their will,
at the threat of death. The obedience collar is a simple
device that looks like a metal torc or neckband, with
two small metal rectangles on each side. The device
does nothing while it remains inert, but if triggered
by a control rod (a separate item) the obedience collar
explodes taking the head of the wearer with it. A
Fortitude save (DC 24) is allowed to resist instant
death; if made, the wearer suffers only 8d6 points of
damage, and suffers deafness for 1d4 days thereafter.
The collar is destroyed if ever activated; it will only
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activate if being worn against organic flesh, and will

not detonate if simply sitting around in a box, for
example.
Pain Collar
Created by androids to train organic creatures to do
their bidding, the pain collar looks like a simple metal
torc or neckband, with a single flat flange of metal at
the front. By activating a button on the collars control
rod (a separate item), the collar can be made to send
potent doses of pain sensation through the wearers
nervous system, in the form of erratic electric shocks.
If this occurs, the wearer is wracked with agony, and
is effectively stunned. If a Fortitude check (DC 24)
is made, he still suffers from a reduction of Dexterity
by 2, and an imposition of a 4 penalty to attack rolls,
skill checks, and ability checks. The collar continues
to impart pain for as long as the rods controller keeps
it active.
Power Fist
This appears to be a heavy metal glove, perhaps spiked
or studded with a fine chrome trim. The fist is a
perfect exoskeletal covering for the human fist, and is,
in effect, a power-assisted limb. The power fist allows
the wearer to grip far more powerfully than a normal
human fist, able to crush the likes of a metal power
clip in a single motion.
This device acts to magnify the strength of the
user in melee attacks (or feats of strength), giving an
enhancement bonus of +4 to the wearers Strength. If
two power fists are used, the bonus increases to +8,
but only for two-handed operations (such as wielding
a two-handed weapon, or using both hands to bend
bars). A power fist weighs 8 lbs.
Stealth Pack
This type of item appears to be a black rectangular
pack, covered in blinking green lights. The device,
when activated, creates a light-distorting field around
the user, making him effectively invisible to those
around him. As soon as he moves, however, the
uneven distortion of the light waves (one can see the
distortion moving) gives a better chance of spotting
him, instead acting as displacement (50% miss
chance). The pack uses up one power charge per
round of use. A stealth pack weighs 3 lbs.
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POWERED ARMOR
Depending on the level of
technology that existed
before the Fall in your
specific campaign, the
concept of powered armor
may or may not even be an
issue. While they are certainly a sci-fi element, the
rules here assume that the technological level of the
Ancients was advanced to such a degree that potent
suits of protective armoring could be developed for
individual soldiers; whether only to equip elite teams
in the field, or prolific enough to be the standard
equipment for the cutting edges armed forces of the
worlds last superpowers, powered armor is a potent
reminder of the greatness of Ancient man.
In essence powered armor is more than personal
body armor, it is an all-encompassing vehicle that
not only protects the individual soldier from rounds
and fragments, but also from the invisible elements of
the battlefield such as radiation, biological weapons,
and chemical attack. Most powered armor is made
from a heavy, futuristic metal armor combining metal
fiber-weaving construction and super-advanced design
elements.
Because the metals and protective systems involved
are prohibitive in weight, special power-assisted
musculature and exoskeletal framework must be used
to allow movement. With the advent of stronger and
more sensitive electronic musculature, powered armor
suits could not only support their own armor mass, but
also mount weapons systems usually unheard of on an
individual such as machineguns and rocket launchers.
So-called scout armor is a development of basic
powered armor, utilizing lighter body construction
materials to permit greater body flexibility and a
marked increase in speed. A completely powered leg
framework permits the wearer to literally run at speeds
in excess of 25 mph (in some cases) for virtually
unlimited periods, since the work is being done by the
armor suit and is not reliant on the individuals muscle
strength. Such armor would have been especially
valuable in front line reconnaissance, intelligence
gathering, pursuit, and harassment roles on the nuclear
battlefield.
For the purposes of what weapons he can use (and
any bonuses for light weapons), the wearer of any
suit of powered armor is considered one size larger
than his armor. For example, a character wearing a
Medium-size suit can wield any Large weapon onehanded (regardless of its actual weight and recoil).
Similarly, a Large suit permits Huge weapons to be
used one-handed.
Note that built-in systems need their own power.
For example, the Zeus suit requires an additional
power source to fire its gauss anti-tank rifle.
TABLE 3-20: POWERED ARMOR SPEEDS AND MODIFIERS

Character Scale
Speed Category Movement Turn Modifier
Stationery
0
Alley Speed
1-20
0
Street Speed
21-50
1
Highway Speed
51-150
2
All Out
151+
4
Chase Scale
Defense Check Roll
Modifier
Modifier
Movement Turn Modifier
0
+0
1-2
0
+0
+0
3-5
0
+1
-1
6-15
1
+2
-2
16+
1
+4
-4
Powered Armor vs. Vehicles: While powered

armor is essentially a humanoid vehicle; there are
some differences in the way it operates during combat.
First, the pilot modifies the armors defense (see
below). Second, powered armor can make 180-degree
turns at alley speed or lower, and 90-degree turns at
street speed and higher. In addition, their turn number
is always half of a standard vehicle.
Basic Properties: Powered armor and powered
scout armor provide elemental resistance against heat,
cold, acid, and electricity of 10 (it absorbs the first 10
points of elemental damage). Because of the confining
nature of most powered armors, a character can wear
nothing heavier than medium armor (such as a tactical
vest) while piloting a suit.
Strength: Since these heavy armor suits use
a framework of powered musculature and limbs,
the pilots effective Strength attribute is magnified
considerably. Use the suits Strength score for all
Strength-related checks and effects.
Initiative: The modifier added to the pilots
initiative check when operating the powered suit.
Maneuver: The modifier added to any Pilot checks
attempted with the armor.
Top Speed: Powered armor suits are sometimes
designed to permit the wearer to move at great speed.
This is the maximum number of squares the wearer of
a powered armor suit can cover in 1 round at character
scale.
Base Defense: Unlike standard vehicles, the pilot
modifies the armors defense. When piloted, the
defense of powered armor is the armors base defense
plus the pilots dexterity bonus plus the pilots class
bonus to defense.
Hardness: The hardness. Subtract this number
from any damage dealt.
Hit Points: The armors full hit points.
Crafting Power Armor

Power Armor (later in this chapter) is extremely
complex and requires mastery in several fields of
science and technology. They are nearly impossible
to craft without training in the relevant disciplines.
Crafting power armor requires Craft knowledge in
both electronics and mechanics. Unless the character
possesses both the Advanced Electronics and
Advanced Armor Discipline, he suffers a 8 (4 if one
Turn
Degree
180
180
180
90
90
possessed) non-discipline penalty to his Craft checks.

Crafting Power Armor typically takes 200 hours
(or more) and requires raw material equal to one
third of the price of the armor. The raw materials
can be bought or salvaged (see Repair skill). Game
masters should require that salvage materials be from
Advanced or Futuristic objects. Each weapon has
a Craft DC in the list below. Crafting power armor
requires a successful Craft electronics or mechanical
check. If the character has the Advanced Armor
Discipline, he can choose to make the Check with his
highest ranked Skill. If he does not, he must make the
Check with his lowest ranked Skill.
Mk1 Ares Armor (Heavy Combat Suit)

This armor was the first-generation of powered
armor, used only by the military and then only for a
short time (though many eventually found their way
to second-line units by the time of the Fall). The
Mk1 suit is a bulky, all-encompassing shell of heavy
powered armor, almost like a small pod on huge
robotic legs. The user slips into the suit through a rear
hatch not unlike a deep sea pressure suit, slipping his
arms into the suits arms (reaching to about the elbow;
fine manipulation is done with sensitive joystick
controls in each arm).
The Mk1 features an advanced respiratory system in
the main compartment (good for 10 continuous hours,
after which time it must rest and recharge itself for 1d2
hours), a built-in microwave communications system
(with a 15 mile range), and an overpressure system
that prevents biological and chemical agents from
penetrating the armor (this has no effect on radiation,
however). A flexible bullet- and blast-resistant view
screen that can be electrically polarized to serve in an
infrared (treat as night vision goggles) capacity is also
a standard feature.
Mk2 Ares Armor (Battle Armor)

This type of armor was by far the most effective (and
tactically valuable) of the early powered types. Mk2
armor owes much of its success to the miniaturization
of powered armor technology, which reduces the size
(and inherent lack of dexterity) of the Mk1 suit. The
advanced design actually has a much more humanoid
shape, corresponding to the actual body shape of the
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Table 3-21: Powered Armor

Armor Suit
Str
Init Maneuver
Top
Speed
Mk1 Ares
Mk2 Ares
Mk3 Ares
Mk1 Hermes
Mk2 Hermes
Zeus Suit
24
22
22
20
20
28
-2
-1
0
0
0
-1
30 (3)
30 (3)
30 (3)
80 (8)
70 (7)
30 (3)
0
+1
+2
+2
+2
+1
Defense Hardness Hit Points
suits pilot. Though the strength of the Mk1s massive

musculature is somewhat reduced as a result, this is
more than made up for in other built-in systems.
In addition to an advanced 10-hour oxygen recycling
system, the Mk2 suit has a built-in microwave
communications system (with a 15 mile range) in the
helmet, a laser pistol built into each wrist (leaving the
hands free for fine manipulation of objects or tearing
apart obstacles). An energy shield A is commonly
found as part of the Mk2 suit, but is detachable.
The Mk2 also has full gamma radiation protection
(up to moderate radiation), an overpressure system
that prevents biological and chemical agents from
penetrating the armor, and a digital Geiger counter
display either in the helmet or mounted on the suits
wrist. Like the Mk1, it also has infrared capability.
A character may fire both laser pistols in a round,
but doing so incurs the normal penalties for fighting
with two weapons.
Mk3 Ares Armor (Heavy Battle Armor)
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This type of armor was used to supplement regular

battle armored forces in the field, and is most
exceptional for the addition of heavier weapon
systems.
The Mk3 suit has a microwave communicator (15
mile range) in the helmet, advanced 10-hour oxygen
recyclers, and a shoulder-mounted grenade launcher
(treat this as the M79). An armored pack on the
back holds up to twelve grenades of different types,
which are fed directly to the launcher through internal
mechanisms. Firing the grenade launcher is a standard
action.
An energy shield B is commonly found as part
of the Mk3, but is detachable. It also has radiation
protection (up to moderate radiation) and the standard
overpressure system (blocking biological and chemical
agents). A digital Geiger counter display, as well as
variable IR polarization (giving it infra-red visual
capability), is also built-in features of the Mk3.
8
10
10
10
10
8
5
10
10
5
5
10
35
35
35
15
15
35
Size
Cost
Craft DC
L
M
M
M
M
L
75,000
150,000
200,000
75,000
200,000
500,000
35
36
36
35
36
38
Mk1 Hermes Armor (Light Infantry Armor)

The first generation of powered scout armor, the
Mk1 Hermes suit was designed for special forces and
scout units for the war. Taking advantage of leaps in
powered armor technology, the suit allows for greater
protection than conventional armor, while maintaining
the personal flexibility and mobility most desired by
scout troops.
Mk1 Hermes armor is lighter than normal powered
armor, with most of the mass made up by the large
robotic legs. These legs are capable of propelling
the entire vehicle to speeds in excess of 40 mph for
virtually an unlimited period of time; because of its
design, the only repetitive motion felt by the wearer is
akin to walking on a treadmill.
In addition to providing enhanced speed, the Mk1
Hermes was designed to hold an advanced electronics
suite to complete its primary mission as a scout
platform. This suite includes a rather bulky Geiger
counter and chemical sensor array on the left arm,
a microwave communicator (with an enhanced 50
mile range) and scrambler, a detachable shouldermounted motion detector unit, and advanced faceplate
construction. The view slit of this faceplate can be
electrically polarized to provide infrared capability,
while a flip-down X-ray filter permits x-ray vision
(as X-ray goggles). In addition, a telescopic camera
on the headpiece projects directly onto the heads-up
display of the helmet, allowing the wearer of the suit
to spy his surroundings at x50 magnification in realtime video in one corner of his field of vision.
The Mk1 Hermes also has an overpressure system to
protect against biological and chemical agents, as well
as an advanced respiratory system that lasts 10 hours
(after which time it must be turned off to recharge for
1d2 hours).
Mk2 Hermes Armor (Scout Armor Plus)

An improvement of the Mk1 Hermes armor, the Mk2
has improved scouting capabilities.
While the Mk2 Hermes possesses none of the builtin weaponry of heavier suits of powered armor (such
as the Ares series), the focus of the Mk2 Hermes
remains on recon work. The suit combines all of
the elements of the Mk1 Hermes armor, but with the

following added features: full protection against
radiation (up to moderate radiation), a built-in energy
shield A, a digital audio recorder, voice-activated data
recorder (treat as a PDA), cellular interceptor, and a
bollix pack. A replaceable power beltpack is usually
attached to provide power to its various systems, and
provision is made to permit the wearer to also carry a
portable detection radar on his back.
Zeus Suit (Assault Armor)

This most impressive of all powered armor is
menacing in appearance, and rightly so. It is bristling
with features to give the individual soldier maximum
firepower and survivability on the nuclear battlefield,
and as a result the entire suit is much larger than
earlier models.
The heavy Zeus Suit has a microwave
communicator (15 mile range), improved radiation
protection (radiation dampening in the Zeus Suit goes
to high radiation protection), an overpressure system
to protect against biological and chemical toxins,
an advanced respiratory system lasting 10 hours
(after which time it must be turned off to recharge
for 1d2 hours), a digital Geiger counter/chemical
sensor (projected onto the view screen via a heads-up
display), infrared capability, and a shoulder-mounted
motion detector unit (this also projects its data via the
suits HUD).
An energy shield B is built into the Zeus Suit; there
is also a blaster set into the left arm (appearing like a
thin rectangular orange screen projecting from the
wrist) useful for close-in engagements.
The left arm of the Zeus Suit is left free for the
mounting of optional, modular weapons systems.
While the powered hand can manipulate almost any
conventional weapon (such as automatic rifles), the
strength of the suit is such that heavy weapons were
also often employed in this hand. Typical modules
include heavy machinegun, gyrojet launcher, M214
minigun, or gauss anti-tank rifle.
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APPENDIX 1:
chARTS &
tABLES
TABLE A-1: FEATS

Feat
Prerequisite
Benefit
Advanced Electronics Discipline, Craft

(Electronics) 13 ranks, Craft (Mechanical) 13
ranks, Knowledge (Physical Sciences) 6 ranks,
Knowledge (Technology) 10 ranks.
No penalty on Craft Checks
Craft (Electronics) 8 ranks, Knowledge

(Technology) 6 ranks, Knowledge (Physical
Sciences) 4 ranks.
Advanced Pharmaceutical Discipline
Craft (Pharmaceutical) 13 ranks, Knowledge

(Earth and Life Sciences) 8 ranks, Knowledge
(Technology) 8 ranks, Treat Injury 10 ranks.
Advanced Technology
Advanced Electronics Discipline, Craft

(Electronics) 13 ranks, Craft (Mechanical) 13
ranks, Knowledge (Physical Sciences) 6 ranks,
Knowledge (Technology) 10 ranks
Armed to the Teeth
Two-Weapon Fighting
Can use a ranged weapon and a melee weapon
Bulls Eye
Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot
Spend AP to automatically confirm the critical
Concubine
Charisma 13
+4 on Perform, +2 on Bluff and Diplomacy
Filthy
Charisma 9 or below
+2 on saves against poison and disease
Forsaken
Feral background
+2 on Hide, Listen, and Survival
Futuristic Firearm Proficiency
Advanced Technology
Proficient in use of futurisic weapons
Gladiator
Wisdom 13, Alertness
+2 on attack rolls against medium or heavy

armor
Hard-Eye
Charisma 13, Intimidate 4 ranks
+5 circumstance bonus on Intimidate checks
High Ready
Dexterity 13, Reactive Shooter
Can use the Reactive Shooter feat with a Large

weapon
Improved Autofire
Personal firearms Proficiency, Advanced

Firearms Proficiency
DC for the Reflex save is increased by +5
Improved Dead Aim
Wisdom 13, Far Shot, Dead Aim
Circumstance increases from +2 to +3
Intuitive Mechanic
Intelligence 15
Repair a class skill and may take 10 on Repair

checks
Irradiated
Cause radiation with unarmed attacks
Juju Doctor
Treat Injury 4 ranks, Survival 4 ranks
Can build a Juju kit
Leadership
6th level
Attract followers
Market
Profession (trader) 2 ranks
Sell goods for 10% more and buy for 10% less
in certain area
Craft (Mechanical) 10 ranks, Knowledge

(Physical Sciences) 6 ranks, Knowledge
(Technology) 6 ranks.

Sciences) 4 ranks.

Sciences) 3 ranks.
See Text
Pounce
Dexterity 13, Adrenaline Control, Increased

Movement, or Simian Deformity.
Move and make a full round attack
Power Armor Operation
Pilot 4 ranks, Advanced Technology
No penalty on Piloting checks
See text
Quick Treatment
Treat Injury 5 ranks
Stabilize many dying patient in one round
Radiation Sense
Automatically detect irradiated
Reactive Shooter
Dexterity 13
Act in the surprise round
Double Tap
Extra firearm attack after dropping a target to

0 hp
Rip a Clip
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TABLE A-1: FEATS (CONT.)

Feat
Prerequisite
Benefit
Room-Broom
Point Blank Shot
Attack with a ranged weapon in a threatened

area and not provoke an attack of opportunity
Shield Proficiency
Proficient with sheild
Silver Tongue
Charisma 13
Sell goods for 10% more and buy for 10% less
Super-Charismatic
Charisma modifier is doubled
Suppressive Fire
Wisdom 13, Personal Firearms Proficiency
Threaten with a semiautomatic or automatic

firearm
Troglodyte
Instincts about underground environments
Vulture
Intelligence 13
+4 on Search checks
TABLE A-2: MUTANT FEATS
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Feat
Prerequisite
Benefit
Dexterity 13, Complete Wing Development
Maneuverability class increased
Armed to the Teeth
Two-Weapon Fighting
Can use a ranged weapon and a melee weapon
Bulls Eye
Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot
Spend AP to automatically confirm the critical
Concubine
Charisma 13
+4 on Perform, +2 on Bluff and Diplomacy
Constrict
Strength 18, Gigantism
Dealing bludgeoning damage, after making a

successful grapple check
Duck
Dexterity 14, Dodge, Dwarfism
Dodge one ranged attack
Flyby Attack
Take an attack action at any point during your

move
Horn Charge
Gore attack that deals double damage on charge
Improved Grab
Strength 17, Aberrant Horn Development, Claw,

or Serrated Dental Development
Start a grapple as a free action
Irradiated
Radiation Resistance
Cause radiation with unarmed attacks
Leaper

Movement or Simian Deformity
Maximum jump distance is not limited by your

height
Multiattack
Three or more natural weapons
Secondary attacks with natural weapons suffer

only a -2 penalty
Three or more natural weapons, Multiattack
Secondary attacks with natural weapons suffer

no penalty
Three or more hands
Penalties for fighting with multiple weapons are

reduced by 2/6
Intelligence 13, Aberrant Endoskeletal Encasing,

Dermal Spike Growth, or Protective Dermal
Development
+2 equipment bonus
Plague Carrier
Cause disease with unarmed attack
Pounce

Movement, or Simian Deformity.
Move and make a full round attack
Power Dive
Base Attack Bonus +5, Complete Wing

Development
Dive attack inflicts triple damage
Rend
Strength 16, Claws
Latch onto your opponents body and tear the

flesh
Spineless
Abnormal Joint Flexibility or Elongation
+4 on Escape Artist checks and opponent does

not add a size bonus to its grapple check
Strong Flyer
Strength 15, Complete Wing Development
Carry a heavy load and move at listed flight

speed
Super-Charismatic
Charisma modifier is doubled
Surefooted
Dwarfism
2 on Climb, Jump, and Move Silently
Tearing Bite
Bite wound bleeds for 1 point of damage per

round
Withstand
Increased Body Density or Skeletal Fortification
Spend an action point and negate bludgeoning

damage
TABLE A-3: NEURAL FEATS

Feat
Prerequisite
Benefit
Anxiety Trigger
Telepathy
Target suffers an anxiety attack
Attraction Trigger
Telepathy
Target attracted toward a person, object, action, or event
Battle Plan
Precognition, Foresight, Precognitive

Combat.
Insight bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, saving throws, or

skill check for 1-3 rounds.
Charm Person
Telepathy, Attraction Trigger
Target is charmed
Clairaudience
Precognition
Hear location it as if you were there
Clairvoyance
Precognition
See location it as if you were there
Danger Sense
Precognition, Foresight
Target is Dominated
Domination
Telepathy, Attraction Trigger, Charm Person
Target is Dominated
Fight Trigger
Telepathy, Anxiety Trigger
Target is enraged
Flight Trigger
Telepathy
Target is panicked
Foresight
Precognition
Initiative bonus equal to Wis modifier
Levitation
Telekinesis, Telekinetic Hand, Telekinesis

Mastery
Float with a speed of 20 feet and may go as high as 30 feet

above the ground.
Lie Detector
Telepathy, Mental Communication
+20 insight bonus to Sense Motive
Telepathy
Mind-to-mind communication
Mind Stun
Telepathy
Target is stuned for 1 round
Mind Blast
Telepathy, Mind Stun
Target stunned for 5 rds + 1 rd per Telepathy advancement
Mind Strike
Telepathy, Mind Stun
Mind attack causing 1d6 damage plus 1d6 per Telepathy

advancment (max 5d6).
Mind Crush
Telepathy, Mind Stun, Mind Strike
Mind attack causing 2d6 damage plus 1d6 per Telepathy

advancment (max 10d6)
Precognitive Combat
Insight bonus equal to Wisdom modifier to attack rolls
Precognitive Dodge
Dodge bonus to Defense equal to Wisdom modifier and

cannot be flanked.
Precognition, Foresight, Precognitive

Dodge
Take attack of opportunity on every opponent that attempts to

make a melee attack.
Perceive Danger
Precognition, Foresight, Danger Sense
Make Will save instead Reflex save
Perceive Outcome
Know the outcome of one action
Telepathy, Mental Communication, Lie

Detector
Target enters trance and must answer questions truthfully to

the best of his ability
Rain of Objects
Telekinesis, Telekinetic Hand
Inflict 1d6 bludgeoning damage + 1 per Telekinesis

advancment.
Second Chance
Precognition, Foresight, Perceive Outcome
You can attempt the same action, using the knowledge of the
outcome to improve your chances
Telekinetic Mastery
Doubles weight you can move and objects move at a speed of

20 feet per round
Telekinetic Throw
Telekinesis, Telekinetic Hand, Telekinesis

Mastery, Rain of Objects
Hurl one object toward another target within 20 feet plus 20

feet per Telekinesis advancement.
Telekinetic Disarm
Make a Disarm attack at range.
Telekinetic Guide
Telekinesis
+2 to hit and increase range increment by 50%.
Telekinetic Hand
Telekinesis
Telekinetic hand to grasp and handle objects
Telekinetic Hand II
Telekinesis
2 Telekinetic hand
Telekinetic Punch
Inflicts 1d6 bludgeoning damage plus 1d6 for per Telekinesis

advancement (max 5d6)
Telekinetic Shield
Telekinesis
Shield that provides half cover
Telekinesis, Telekinetic Shield
Shield that provides three quarter cover
Telekinetic Slam
Telekinesis, Telekinetic Hand, Telekinetic

Punch
Inflicts 2d6 bludgeoning damage plus 1d6 for per Telekinesis

Telekinetic Sword
Sword inflicts 1d6 slashing damage plus 1d6 per Telekinesis

Telekinesis, Telekinetic Hand, Telekinetic

Sword
Sword inflicts 2d6 slashing damage plus 1d6 per Telekinesis

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TABLE A-4: MUTATIONS AND DEFECTS
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Mutations
Benefit
Advancement
Gore attack for 1d6 damage
Increase damage dice (1d8, 2d6, 2d8)
DR of 3/- against piercing and ballistic attacks
Inrease DR by 3
+2 on Escape Artist, Sleight of Hand, Tumble,

Climb checks, and Grappling attempts.
Increases bonus by +2
Accelerated White Blood Cell Activity
Fast Healing 2 for bludgeoning, ballistic, piercing,

and slashing damage.
Increases the Fast Healing by 1
+4 on Fortitude saves against chemicals, poisons,

drugs, and diseases
Increases the bonus by +2
Ranged acid attack (1d6+1 per level)
Increases the damage dice by 1d6
Adrenaline Control
Adrenaline rush 1/day
Additional adrenaline rush per day
See Text
See Text
Autism
+20 on Int skill on a 5-6 of a d6
Increased chance by 1
Blindsight
Blindsight 10 feet
Increase 10 feet
Chameleon Epidermis
Chameleon Ability 1/day
Additional Chameleon per day
Claws
Claw attack for 1d6 damage
Increases damage dice (1d8, 1d10, 2d6)
Fly 50 (Clumsy)
Increases speed by 10
Dermal Suction
+10 on Balance and Climb checks
Increases bonus by +10
Dermal Poison Sap
Posion Melee attack (DC14, Initial/Secondary

Damage: 1d4/1d4 Str).
Increases Fortitude DC by 2 and

damage die (1d6, 1d8, 1d10).
Dermal Spike Growth
1d6 piercing damage with grapple and +2 natural

armor bonus
Increases damage die (1d8, 1d10) and

armor bonus by +2
Diurnal/Nocturnal
+2 bonus to Strength or Dexterity
Increases the bonus by +2
Dual Cerebellum
Intelligence modifier doubled
None
Dual Headed
+1 Spot and Listen bonus and cannot be flanked
None
Dwarfism
Reduced one size category
None
Elongation
Extend limbs 5 rounds per Con mod
Doubles duration
Energy Immunity
Energy resistance 10
Increase resistance by 5
Absorbs energy
Absorbs energy
Hold breath for 1 extra minute per Con
None
Acid touch attack does 20 damage to metal

objects and 1 to flesh
Increases acid damage by 10 for metal

amd 1 for flesh
Negates effects that cause blindness
None
Extreme Resilience
Immune to critical 50%
Immune to critical 100%
Hypnotize 2d4 HD creatures, Will save (DC 15),

duration 2d4 rounds, and range 15 feet
Increases HD of creatures affected by

1d4, Will DC by 2, duration by 1d4,
and range by 5 feet
Radation detection
None
Gigantism
Increases size by one category and +1 to Strength

and Constitution
Increases Strength and Constitution

by 1.
Haemotoxin Sting
Touch attack does 1d4 acid damage and cannot

heal naturally for a further 1d4+4 days. Fortitude
save DC 20 negates.
Increases acid damage by 1d4, duration

by +2 days, and Fortitude save DC by 2
Hyper Olfactory
Scent 20 feet
Increase range 10 feet
DR 5/- to bludgeoning attacks
Inrease DR by 5
Increased Movement
Speed increased by 10 feet
Speed increased by 10 feet
TABLE A-4: MUTATIONS AND DEFECTS (CONT.)

Mutations
Benefit
Advancement
Two Weapon Fighting feat
None
Survive week without food or water
survive additional week
Invisible 6 rounds per Con modifier per day
Increases duration by 1 round per Con

modifier
Multi-Faceted Eyes
+2 on Spot, Search, Repair and Craft (Mechanics)

checks
Increases bonuses by +2
Multiple Stomachs
Subsist on anything not inherently poisonous
None
Multiple Eyes
Cannot be flanked and gains +2 Spot checks
Neurotoxin Sting
Contact does 1d4 acid damage and 2d6 Dexterity

damage for 1d4 hours. Fortitude save DC 15
negates.
Increases acid damage by 1d6, duration

by 1d4 hours, and Fortitude save DC
by 2
Will Save (DC 20) to avoid surprise
Reduce Will save by 2.
Move objects weighing 10 lbs. per Con modifier

at a speed of 10 feet per round.
Increases the weight by 10 lbs. times

per Con modifier
Neural Mutation - Telepathy
+2 bonus to Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather

Information, Intimidate, and Sense Motive checks
Optic Emissions
1d4+1 damage per character level ranged attack
Increases damage by 1d4
+4 natural armor bonus.
5-foot-wide heat blast that extends 10 feet and

inflicts 1d6 heat damage per 2 character levels.
Reflex save (DC 15) for half damage.
Increases range by 10 ft and Reflex

save DC by 1
Radiation Immunity
Immune to moderate radiation exposure
Increase radiation exposure immunity

on level
Double level for the purposes of natural healing
Increases the multiplier by 1 (x3, x4,

x5).
Breathe underwater
None
Sensitive Sight
Low-light vision 60 feet
Dark Vision 60 feet
Bite attack 1d6 damage
Shriek
10 foot radius sonic attack Fortitude save DC

15 or take 1d4 damage and deafened for 1d6+4
rounds. Save negates
Increases radius by 5 feet, damage

by 1d4, duration by 1d4 rounds, and
Fortitude save DC by 2
Simian Deformity
Speed increased by 1/3, extend reach by 5 feet,

and +4 to Climb checks
None
1d4 bludgeoning damage with fists and DR 1/- to

bludgeoning

and DR by 1
Spontaneous Electric Charge Generation
Touch attack 2d6+1 electricity damage per

character level. Use 2 + Con modifier per day
Increases damage by 1d6 and uses per

day by 2.
Stench
Fortitude save DC 15 or 2 morale penalty on

attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, ability checks,
skill checks, and saving throws for 10 rounds.
Range 10 feet.
Increases Fortitude save DC by 2 and

range by 5 feet
Immune to ingested poisons
None
Defect
Penalty
Advancement
Aberrant Deformity
1 to Charisma and 6 to Disguise checks
None
4 penalty Con checks and -2 Init
Increase penalty by -4 and -2
Albinism
4 reduction to Constitution and Strength when

exposed to natural light or other UV sources
Increase penalty by -4
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Mutations
Benefit/Penalty
Advancement
Anaphylaxis
Poisoned (Type: Contact DC15, Initial/Secondary

Damage: 1d6 Dex/1d6 Dex) when contact with
the offending material
Increases the DC by 2 and the damage

die by one rank.
Reduce Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma by 2
Decreases another mental ability score

by 2
Attention Deficit
-2 penalty to Concentration, Craft, Disable

Device, Perform, and Repair skill checks
Increases penalties by 2
Bilirubin Imbalance
1 reduction to Charisma and 2 to Disguise

checks
None
2 to Charisma
None
Blindness
One quarter concealment of everything in her

field of view (10% miss chance)
Increases concealment by one quarter
Brachydactyly
-2 penalty Climb, Craft, Disable Device, Repair,

Sleight of Hand, and Treat Injury
Increases penalties by 2
Cannibalism
Consume 1/2 pound of flesh every 24-hours

or suffer a temporary loss of 1 Strength,
Constitution, and Dexterity
Increases amount of flesh consumed

by 1/2 pound and increases ability
score loss by 1
Critical threat range of all weapons used against

increases by 1
Increases the critical threat range by 1
Cystic Fibrosis
Lifespan of 20+2d10 years
Reduce lifespan by 10 years
Deafness
Cant make listen checks and 4 to initiative

checks
None
Dyslexia
Cannot read or write and suffer 2 penalty to any

skill check that requires reading
None
Hemihypertrophy
Speed reduced by 5 feet and -2 on Balance,

Climb, Jump, and Swim checks.
Decreases speed by 5 feet and increases

skill check penalties by -1
Hemophilia
Wounds bleed for 1d6 rounds and heals half the

normal hit points from rest and natural healing
Increases duration of bleeding by 2

rounds and reduces natural healing
(1/3, 1/4, 1/5)
Hunchback
Reduce speed by 5 and 1 reduction to his

Charisma score
Decrease speed by 5 feet and Charisma

by 1
-4 Fortitude saves against diseases and increases

diseases initial and secondary damage by 1
Additional -4 to Fortitude saves

and increases diseases initial and
secondary damage by 1
Medical Incompatibility check with d12
Lower die range (d10, d8)
Neuro-Fibromatosis
-1 reduction to Dexterity and Charisma and -1

penalty on Spot checks.
Additional 1 to Dexterity, Charisma,

and Spot checks
Night Blindness
Blindness in any poorly lit or deeply shadowed

environment
None
Phobia
Will save (DC 15) or Panic
Increases the DC by 2
Glow that sheds light up to 20 feet
None
Photosensitivity
Blindness in natural or bright light
None
Lifespan of 20+2d10 years
Reduce lifespan by 10 years
Sensitivity
Twice the normal damage from heat, cold,

electricity, acid, energy weapons, sonic attack,
poison, or radiation
Increased the damage multiplier by 1

(x3, x4, x5)
Sickle Cells
2 penalty on non-disease Fortitude saves and 1

reduction to Strength
Additional 2 penalty to Fortitude

saves and a-1 to Strength.
50% more damage from bludgeoning attacks
Increase damage taken from

bludgeoning attacks by 50%
Syncope
Fortitude save (DC 10 + damage inflicted) or lose

consciousness when take 10 damage once per day
Increases by 1 the number of times per

day lose consciousness
Limb impaired
Limb impaired
One underdeveloped organ
Additional underdeveloped organ
TABLE A-5: RANGED WEAPONS

Weapon
Range
Rate of
Increment Fire
Weight
Cost
Craft
DC
3 lb.
3 lb.
3 lb.
900 cp
1,500 cp
250 cp
25
26
16
2 lb.
100,000 cp
38
7 lb.
1,100 cp
25
Small
3 lb.
900 cp
25
7 box
6 cyl.
1 int.
2 int.
9 box
5 cylinder
See text
Clip, belt,
or back
Clip, belt,
or back
17 box
15 box
18 box
Clip
Clip, belt,
or back
Small
Med
Small
Tiny
Med
Med
Small
3 lb.
3 lb.
3 lb.
1 lb.
4 lb.
6 lb.
4 lb.
600 cp
600 cp
300 cp
400 cp
1,500 cp
900 cp
6,000 cp
24
24
17
24
26
23
30
Small
4 lb.
20,000 cp
32
Small
4 lb.
25,000 cp
32
Small
Small
Small
Tiny
2 lb.
3 lb.
1 lb.
1 lb.
1,500 cp
1,500 cp
1,200 cp
2,000 cp
26
26
25
27
Small
2 lb.
12,000 cp
33
30 box
Med
6 lb.
600 cp
25
Small
1 lb.
12,000 cp
34
Small
Tiny
2 lb.
1 lb.
900 cp
400 cp
25
24
Small
5 lb.
40,000 cp
35
Tiny
Small
Med
Small
Tiny
Med
2 lb.
Med
Small
Tiny
1 lb.
2 lb.
3 lb.
7 lb.
2 lb.
4 lb.
Small
4 lb.
1 lb.
5 lb.
700 cp
400 cp
600 cp
1,300 cp
600 cp
1,100 cp
3,000 cp
600 cp
600 cp
See text
25
24
24
25
25
26
28
25
25
12
30 box
Large
10 lb.
700 cp
25
Large
Large
8 lb.
5 lb.
900 cp
1,200 cp
25
23
Large
10 lb.
70,000 cp
38
S
S
S, A
Single
S
30 box
8 box
Plutonium
clip
11 box
5 box
67 box
1 int.
5 int.
Huge
Large
Med
Large
Large
35 lb.
9 lb.
5 lb.
10 lb.
11 lb.
4,000 cp
900 cp
2,000 cp
400 cp
900 cp
25
24
25
16
24
80 ft.
S, A
30 box
Large
8 lb.
1,500 cp
26
75 ft.
S, A
50 box
Large
5 lb.
2,300 cp
25
Damage
Critical
Type
2d6
2d6
2d6
20
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
40 ft.
30 ft.
50 ft.
S
S,A
Single
See text
Energy
20 ft.
Single
2d4
20
Ballistic
50 ft.
S, A
2d6
20
Ballistic
30 ft.
9 box
2d6
2d6
See text
2d6
2d8
2d8
3d6
20
20
20
20
20
-
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Fire
30 ft.
40 ft.
20 ft.
10 ft.
40 ft.
40 ft.
-
S
S
Single
Single
S
Single
1
2d8
20
Ballistic
100 ft.
2d8
20
Ballistic
100 ft.
S, A
Glock 17 (9mm autoloader)

Glock 20 (10mm autoloader) 1
GSh-18 (9mm* autoloader)
Hand stunner
2d6
2d6
2d6
2d6
20
20
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
See text
30 ft.
40 ft.
30 ft.
20 ft.
S
S
S
Single
Laser pistol
2d12
20
Energy
100 ft.
MAC Ingram M10 (.45 machine

pistol)
2d6
20
Ballistic
40 ft.
S, A
Maser pistol
2d10
20
Energy
100 ft.
MP-443 Grach (9mmR autoloader)

Pathfinder (.22 revolver)
2d6
2d4
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
30 ft.
20 ft.
Plasma pistol
3d10
20
Energy
100 ft.
2d6
2d6
2d8
2d6
2d6
2d4
2d10
2d6
2d4
See text
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
See text
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
30 ft.
30 ft.
30 ft.
50 ft.
30 ft.
40 ft.
50 ft.
40 ft.
30 ft.
20 ft.
2d8
20
Ballistic
70 ft.
S, A
2d8
2d4
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
70 ft.
70 ft.
S, A
Single
See text
Energy
10 ft.
Single
2d12
2d8
2d6
2d8
2d10
20
20
20
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
120 ft.
30 ft.
40 ft.
50 ft.
30 ft.
2d8
20
Ballistic
2d6
20
Ballistic
Handguns
Beretta 92F (9mm autoloader)
Beretta 93R (9mm machine pistol)
Black powder pistol (special pistol)
Blaster
Calico M100 (.22 machine pistol)
Colt Double Eagle (10mm
autoloader)
Colt M1911 (.45 autoloader) 1
Colt Python1 (.357 revolver) 1
Dart pistol (special pistol)
Derringer (.45)
Desert Eagle (.50AE autoloader)
FA Casull (.50AE revolver) 1
Flame pistol
Gauss pistol
Gauss submachine gun
1
PSM (5.45mmR autoloader)

Ruger Service-Six (.38S revolver)
S&W M29 (.44 magnum revolver)
Sa.23 (9mmR machine pistol)
SITES M9 (9mm autoloader)
Skorpion (.32 machine pistol)
Stun pistol
TEC-9 (9mm machine pistol)
Walther PPK (.32 autoloader)
Zip gun (special pistol)
Longarms
AKM/AK-47
(7.62mmR assault rifle)
AN-94 (5.56mmR assault rifle) 1
AR-7 Explorer (.22 rifle)
Atom gun
Barrett Light Fifty (.50 sniper rifle)
Beretta M3P (12-gauge shotgun)
Bizon (9mmR submachine gun)
Black powder rifle (special rifle)
Browning BPS (10-gauge shotgun)
Bushmaster M-17S (.5.56mm
assault rifle)
Calico Liberty 50
(9mm submachine gun)
Magazine
Size
15 box
Small
20 box
Med
1 int.
Small
Minifusion
Small
cell
100 box
Med
Clip, belt,
or back
S
17 box
S
6 cyl.
Minifusion
S
cell
S
8 box
S
6 cyl.
S
6 cyl.
S, A
40 box
S
8 box
S, A
20 box
Single
Clip
S or A
32 box
S
7 box
Single
1 int.
S
159
TABLE A-5: RANGED WEAPONS (CONT.)
Magazine
Size
Weight
Cost
32 box
1 int.
Clip, belt,
or back
Belt or back
Minifusion
cell
30 box
50 box
Clip, belt,
or back
Clip, belt,
or back
10 box
45 box
20 box
30 box
15 box
5 box
Minifusion
cell
Clip, belt,
or back
Minifusion
cell
Med
Large
5 lb.
5 lb.
2,300 cp
350 cp
Craft
DC
25
17
Large
7 lb.
10,000 cp
33
Large
7 lb.
15,000 cp
31
Large
15 lb.
50,000 cp
35
Large
Med
9 lb.
6 lb.
2,500 cp
2,700 cp
26
25
Large
12 lb.
50,000 cp
35
Large
14 lb.
50,000 cp
35
Large
Large
Large
Large
Med
Large
8 lb.
8 lb.
11 lb.
7 lb.
5 lb.
16 lb.
1,200 cp
3,000 cp
2,000 cp
3,000 cp
2,000 cp
4,500 cp
25
26
26
26
26
27
Large
15 lb.
60,000 cp
36
Large
7 lb.
20,000 cp
33
Large
8 lb.
45,000 cp
35
10 cylinder Large
10 lb.
1,200 cp
25
Large
7 lb.
30,000 cp
34
Large
Large
8 lb.
7 lb.
900 cp
900 cp
25
25
Large
5 lb.s
30,000 cp
34
Large
10 lb.
55,000 cp
37
Large
Large
Large
7 lb.
7 lb.
8 lb.
600 cp
2,500 cp
250 cp
24
26
14
Large
5 lb.
35,000 cp
34
Large
Large
7 lb.
8 lb.
1,200 cp
45,000 cp
26
30
5 int.
Large
8 lb.
1,100 cp
24
12 cylinder
Med
9 lb.
1,000 cp
24
40 ft.
S, A
32 box
Med
7 lb.
1,800 cp
25
Ballistic
10 ft.
Med
4 lb.
600 cp
24
20
Sonic
20 ft.
Large
10 lb.
15,000 cp
28
2d12
20
Sonic
20 ft.
Large
10 lb.
20,000 cp
29
2d8
2d8
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
90 ft.
80 ft.
S, A
S, A
2 int.
Clip, belt,
back
Clip, belt,
back
24 box
30 box
Large
Large
7 lb.
9 lb.
3,200 cp
2,000 cp
27
26
2d12
20
Ballistic
350 ft.
5 box
Huge
36 lb.
7,000 cp
27
See text
See text
20 ft.
Single
15 lb.
45,000 cp
30
2d6
20
Ballistic
40 ft.
S, A
8 lb.
1,500 cp
26
Damage
Critical
Colt 635 (9mm submachine gun)

Dart rifle (special rifle)
2d6
See text
20
-
50 ft.
Electro-saw thrower
3d6
20
Ballistic
80 ft.
EMP rifle (NLW)
5d10
20
Energy
20 ft.
F2000 (5.56 assault rifle) 1

FN P-90 (5.56mm submachine gun)
2d8
2d8
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
60 ft.
50 ft.
S, A
S, A
Gauss automatic rifle
4d8
20
Ballistic
100 ft.
S, A
Gauss rifle
4d8
20
Ballistic
200 ft.
HK CAWS (12-gauge shotgun)

HK G-11 (4.7mm assault rifle) 1
HK G3 (7.62mm assault rifle)
HK MP5 (9mm submachine gun) 1
HK MP5K (9mm submachine gun)
HK PSG1 (7.62mm sniper rifle) 1
2d8
2d8
2d10
2d6
2d6
2d10
20
20
20
20
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
30 ft.
80 ft.
90 ft.
50 ft.
40 ft.
90 ft.
S, A
S
S, A
S, A
S, A
S
HPM rifle
5d10
20
Energy
20 ft.
Infra-red rifle
2d12
20
Energy
200 ft.
Ion ray
4d10
20
Energy
100 ft.
S, A
Jackhammer Mk3A1
(12-gauge shotgun)
2d8
20
Ballistic
30 ft.
Laser rifle
3d12
20
Energy
200 ft.
M16A2 (5.56mm assault rifle)

M4 Carbine (5.56mm assault rifle)
2d8
2d8
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
80 ft.
60 ft.
S, A
S, A
Maser rifle
3d10
20
Energy
200 ft.
Meson cannon
5d10
20
Energy
200 ft.
Single
2d8
2d6
See text
20
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
30 ft.
70 ft.
30 ft.
S
S, A
Single
Pulse laser rifle
3d10
20
Energy
100 ft.
S, A
QBZ-95 (5.8mm assault rifle)

Ramjet rifle
Remington 700
(7.62mm hunting rifle)
(12-gauge shot)
Ruger MP-9
(9mm submachine gun)
Sawed-off shotgun (12-ga shotgun)
2d8
3d10
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
80 ft.
300 ft.
S, A
S, A
Clip, belt,
or back
30 box
30 box
Clip, belt,
or back
Minifusion
cell
6 int.
20 box
1 int.
Clip, belt,
or back
30 box
30 box
2d10
20
Ballistic
80 ft.
Single
2d8
20
Ballistic
30 ft.
2d6
20
Ballistic
2d8
20
Sonic rifle (NLW)
2d12
Dazzle rifle
Mossberg (12-gauge shotgun)

OC-14 Groza (9mmR assault rifle)
Pipe rifle (special rifle)
Sonic rifle B
Steyr ACR (5.6mm assault rifle)
Steyr AUG (5.56mm assault rifle)
Steyr IWS-2000
(15.2mm sniper rifle)
1
160
Range
Rate of
Increment Fire
Ballistic
75 ft.
S, A
50 ft.
Single
Weapon
UH radiation rifle
Uzi (9mm submachine gun)
Type
Plutonium
Large
clip
20 box
Large
TABLE A-5: RANGED WEAPONS (CONT.)

Weapon
Damage
Critical
Type
Range
Rate of
Increment Fire
Valtro PM-5-350
(12-gauge shotgun)
VSS Vintorez (9mmR sniper rifle)
Winchester 94 (.444 hunting rifle)
2d8
20
Ballistic
30 ft.
2d6
2d10
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
140 ft.
90 ft.
S
S
X-Laser
3d10
20
Energy
100 ft.
Heavy Weapons
AT-5 Spandrel
Calico 2-22 (light machinegun)
6d12
2d4
20
Ballistic
1,400 ft.
70 ft.
1
A
Gauss anti-tank rifle
10d8
20
Ballistic
200 ft.
Single
Gauss cannon
14d8
20
Ballistic
500 ft.
Single
Gyrojet launcher
Hydra 70 M247
Hydra 70 M255
Hydra 70 M261
Hydra 70 M264
1d10
4d10
4d10
4d10
-
100 ft.
125 ft.
125 ft.
125 ft.
125 ft.
S, A
1
1
1
1
Laser anti-tank rifle
8d12
20
Energy
100 ft.
Laser cannon
12d12
20
Energy
500 ft.
M214 Minigun (heavy machinegun) 4d12

M2HB (heavy machine gun)
2d12
M-60 (medium machine gun)
2d8
M72A3 LAW(rocket launcher)
10d6 2
M79(grenade launcher)
Varies 2
20
20
20
Ballistic
Ballistic
Ballistic
100 ft.
110 ft.
100 ft.
150 ft.
70 ft.
A
A
A
1
1
Plasma rifle
5d10
20
Energy
200 ft.
See text
6d12
See text
-
150 ft.
1,400 ft.
1
1
RPG-7/16 (rocket launcher)

TOW II
Magazine
Size
Weight
Cost
Craft
DC
7 box
Med
8 lb.
1,000 cp
24
10 box
Large
6 int.
Large
Minifusion
Large
cell
7 lb.
7 lb.
4,500 cp
600 cp
27
24
10 lb.
30,000 cp
34
Large
Huge
55 lb.
10 lb.
12,000 cp
1,200 cp
27
25
Large
50 lb.
100,000 cp
36
Huge 1,500 lb. 200,000 cp
36
Large
Large
Large
Large
Large
15 lb.
250 lb.
250 lb.
250 lb.
250 lb.
3,000 cp
7,000 cp
5,000 cp
3,500 cp
2,000 cp
25
26
26
26
25
Large
65 lb.
60,000 cp
35
Huge 1,000 lb. 200,000 cp
35
Huge
Huge
Huge
Large
Large
30 lb.
75 lb.
22 lb.
5 lb.
7 lb.
4,000 cp
4,500 cp
3,700 cp
2,000 cp
1,500 cp
26
27
27
25
25
Large
15 lb.
70,000 cp
36
Large
Large
15 lb.
65 lb.
2,000 cp
10,00 cp
26
26
1 int.
10 box
Minifusion
cell
Minifusion
cell
30 int.
19 int.
19 int.
19 int.
19 int.
Minifusion
cell
Minifusion
cell
Linked
Linked
Linked
1 int.
1 int.
Minifusion
cell
1 int.
1 int.
1 This mastercraft weapon grants a +1 bonus on attack rolls.
Table A-6: Ammunition

Ammunition Type (Quantity)
5.56mm (20)
7.62mm (20)
7.62mmR (20)
.444 caliber (20)
.50 caliber (20)
9mm (50)
10mm (50)
.22 caliber (50)
.22 LR (50)
.32 caliber (50)
.38 special (50)
.357 caliber (50)
.44 caliber (50)
.45 caliber (50)
.50AE caliber (50)
10-gauge buckshot (10)
12-gauge buckshot (10)
Cost
30 cp
30 cp
30 cp
50 cp
50 cp
40 cp
40 cp
30 cp
30 cp
40 cp
40 cp
40 cp
40 cp
40 cp
50 cp
40 cp
30 cp
Craft DC
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
161
TABLE A-7: EXPLOSIVES AND SPLASH WEAPONS

Burst
Weapon
Damage
Grenades and Explosives

40mm fragmentation
3d6
grenade
C4/Semtex
4d6
Det cord
2d6
Dynamite
2d6
Fragmentation grenade
4d6
Smoke grenade
Tear gas grenade

See text
Thermite grenade
6d6
White phosphorus
2d6
grenade
Anti-tank grenade
8d6
Blood agent grenade
See text
Concussion grenade
3d6
Energy grenade
6d6
Glitter grenade
Mine
See text
Negation grenade
See text
Nerve gas grenade
See text
Photon grenade
See text
Plasma grenade
8d6
Radiation grenade
See text
Satchel charge A
6d6
Satchel charge B
8d6
Satchel charge C
10d6
Shock grenade
4d6
Stun grenade
2d6
Reflex DC
Range
Increment
Size
Weight
Cost
Craft
DC
10 ft.
15
Tiny
1 lb.
250 cp
18
Concussion
Fire
Concussion
Slashing
Fire
10 ft.
See text
5 ft.
20 ft.
See text
See text
5 ft.
18
12
15
15
12
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
Small
Med
Tiny
Tiny
Small
Small
Small
1 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
900 cp
200 cp
100 cp
900 cp
100 cp
120 cp
1,500 cp
25
25
15
20
12
12
25
Fire
20 ft.
12
10 ft.
Small
2 lb.
1,000 cp
20
Piercing
Acid
Concussion
Energy
See text
Special
Special
Special
Fire and Energy
See text
Fire and piercing
Fire and piercing
Fire and piercing
Electricity
Special
5 ft.
See text
20 ft.
20 ft.
See text
See text
20 ft.
See text
30 ft.
20 ft.
See text
10 ft.
20 ft.
30 ft.
20 ft.
10 ft.
15
12
15
15
12
See text
18
12
18
15
12
15
15
15
18
15
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
10 ft.
Small
Small
Tiny
Small
Tiny
Small
Small
Small
Tiny
Small
Small
Tiny
Small
Med
Small
Tiny
2 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
5 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
4 lb.
8 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
2,000 cp
900 cp
250 cp
2,000 cp
200 cp
900 cp
1,200 cp
1,500 cp
1,500 cp
3,000 cp
2,000 cp
1,500 cp
3,000 cp
9,000 cp
900 cp
800 cp
30
20
18
30
20
25
30
40
30
32
30
25
30
35
25
20
Type
Reflex DC
Size
Weight
Cost
Acid
10 ft.
Tiny
1 lb.
1 lb.
6
150 cp
15 cp
Critical
Type
Slashing
Radius
Splash Weapons
Weapon
Acid, mild
Molotov cocktail1 1d6
162
Direct Hit Splash

Damage Critical 2
Damage Damage
1d6
1
20
1
20
Fire
Range
Increment
10 ft.
Small
Craft
DC
15
10
TABLE A-8: MELEE WEAPONS

Damage
Critical
Type
Range
Increment
Size
Weight
Cost
Craft
DC
Simple Weapons
Brass knuckles
Cleaver
Club
Knife
Metal baton
Sap
Stun gun
Tonfa
1
1d6
1d6
1d4
1d6
1d61
1d3
1d4
20
1920
20
1920
1920
20
20
20
Bludgeoning
Slashing
Bludgeoning
Piercing
Bludgeoning
Bludgeoning
Electricity
Bludgeoning
10 ft.
10 ft.
Tiny
Small
Med
Tiny
Med
Small
Tiny
Med
1 lb.
2 lb.
3 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
3 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
10 cp
5 cp
1 cp
2 cp
10 cp
2 cp
50 cp
10 cp
15
15
10
10
12
12
25
15
Archaic Weapons
Bayonet (fixed)
Hatchet
Longsword
Machete
Rapier
Spear
Straight razor
Sword cane
1d4/1d6
1d6
1d8
1d6
1d6
1d8
1d4
1d6
20
20
1920
1920
1820
20
1920
1820
Piercing
Slashing
Slashing
Slashing
Piercing
Piercing
Slashing
Piercing
10 ft.
Large
Small
Med
Small
Med
Large
Tiny
Med
1 lb.
4 lb.
4 lb.
2 lb.
3 lb.
9 lb.
0.5 lb.
3 lb.
12 cp
5 cp
20 cp
10 cp
30 cp
10 cp
3 cp
30 cp
15
12
15
12
17
10
10
17
1d6/1d6
3d6
3d6
2d8
1d6
2d6
1d4
1d6
2d6
1d8
3d6
1d10/1d10
1d8
20
20
18-20/x2
18-20/x2
20
1920
1820
20
19-20/x2
x2
x2
20
19-20/x2
Bludgeoning
Slashing
Slashing
Slashing
Slashing
Slashing
Slashing
Bludgeoning
Slashing
Electricity
Electricity
Bludgeoning
Slashing
Large
Large
Med
Large
Small
Large
Small
Small
Medium
Small
Medium
Large
Medium
5 lb.
10 lb.
8 lb.
15 lb.
2 lb.
6 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
4 lb.
1 lb.
3 lb.
3 lb.
15 lb.
10 cp
100 cp
15,000 cp
32,000 cp
30 cp
50 cp
30 cp
20 cp
8,000 cp
2,000 cp
1,000 cp
20 cp
50,000 cp
15
20
28
33
17
20
17
15
32
25
23
17
38
Weapon
Exotic Melee Weapons

Chain
Chain saw
Chainsword
Energy Pike
Kama
Katana
Kukri
Nunchaku
Power Sword
Shock Gloves
Stun Baton
Three-section staff
Warp-Field Sword
TABLE A-9: OTHER RANGED WEAPONS

Weapon
Damage
Critical
Type
Compound bow (Archaic)

Crossbow (Simple)
Flamethrower(no feat needed)
Javelin (Simple)
Pepper spray (Simple)
Shuriken (Archaic)
Taser (Simple)
Whip (Simple)
1d8
1d10
3d6
1d6
Special
1
1d4
1d2
20
1920
20
20
20
Piercing
Piercing
Fire
Piercing
Special2
Piercing
Electricity
Slashing
Range
Rate of
Magazine
Increment
Fire
40 ft.
1
40 ft.
1
1 int.
1
10 int.
30 ft.
1
5 ft.
1
1 int.
10 ft.
1
5 ft.
1
1 int.
15 ft.3
1
Size
Weight
Cost
Large
Med
Large
Med
Tiny
Tiny
Small
Small
3 lb.
7 lb.
50 lb.
2 lb.
0.5 lb.
0.5 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
20 cp
20 cp
2,000 cp
10 cp
15 cp
5 cp
100 cp
10 cp
Craft
DC
20
20
20
10
12
12
20
12
163
TABLE a-10: ARMOR

Type
Equipment
Bonus
Nonprof
Bonus
Maximum
Dex Bonus
Armor
Penalty
Speed
(30 ft.)
Weight
Cost
Craft
DC
Light Armor
Leather jacket
Leather armor
Light undercover shirt
Pull-up pouch vest
Undercover vest
Impromptu
Archaic
Concealable
Concealable
Concealable
1
2
2
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
8
6
7
6
5
0
0
0
1
2
30
30
30
30
30
4 lb.
15 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
3 lb.
25 cp
40 cp
250 cp
275 cp
350 cp
17
18
20
20
20
Medium Armor
Concealable vest
Chainmail shirt
Light-duty vest
Tactical vest
Concealable
Archaic
Tactical
Tactical
4
5
5
6
2
2
2
2
4
2
3
2
3
5
4
5
25
20
25
25
4 lb.
40 lb.
8 lb.
10 lb.
800 cp
800 cp
1,200 cp
2,000 cp
22
22
22
23
Heavy Armor
Special response vest
Plate mail
Forced entry unit
Environment suit
NBC suit
Civil security suit
Military combat suit
LazAb
Special security suit
Advanced metal
Plastex
Tactical
Archaic
Tactical
Impromptu
Impromptu
Tactical
Tactical
Tactical
Tactical
Tactical
Tactical
7
8
9
4
4
5
6
7
9
9
10
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
3
3
0
0
0
2
6
6
8
-7
-6
-4
-4
-7
-8
-6
-5
20
20
20
15
20
25
25
20
20
20
20
15 lb.
50 lb.
20 lb.
100 lb.
50 lb.
8 lb.
10 lb.
50 lb.
20 lb.
50 lb.
30 lb.
3,000 cp
4,000 cp
5,000 cp
1,200 cp
1,500 cp
1,200 cp
2,100 cp
4,000 cp
5,000 cp
7,500 cp
12,000 cp
24
24
25
24
24
23
23
25
25
28
30
Top Speed
30 (3)
30 (3)
30 (3)
80 (8)
70 (7)
30 (3)
Defense
8
10
10
10
10
8
Hit Points
35
35
35
15
15
35
Size
L
M
M
M
M
L
Armor
Table
A-11: Powered
Armor
Armor Suit
Str
Init
Maneuver
Mk1 Ares
Mk2 Ares
Mk3 Ares
Mk1 Hermes
Mk2 Hermes
Zeus Suit
164
24
22
22
20
20
28
-2
-1
0
0
0
-1
-0
+1
+2
+2
+2
+1
Hardness
5
10
10
5
5
10
Cost
75,000
150,000
200,000
75,000
200,000
500,000
Craft DC
35
36
36
35
36
38
TABLE A-12: VEHICLES

Name
Civilian Aircraft
Bell Jet Ranger (helicopter)
Bell Model 212 (helicopter)
Cessna 172 Skyhawk (prop plane)
Learjet Model 45 (corporate jet)
Crew Pass
Cargo
Init Man. Top Speed Def. Hard.
Hit
Size
Points
Cost
Craft
DC
1
2
1
2
4
13
3
10
250 lb.
5,000 lb.
120 lb.
500 lb.
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
245 (25)
200(20)
210 (21)
1,100 (110)
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
28
36
30
44
G
G
G
G
500,000 cp
1,000,000 cp
300,000 cp
1,000,000 cp
30
30
25
30
300 lb.
265 (26)
34
20,000 cp
25
175 lb.
335 (33)
34
200,000 cp
25
1
1
1
1
4
4
1
4
200 lb.
275 lb.
250 lb.
275 lb.
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
275 (27)
185 (18)
310 (31)
220 (22)
8
9
8
9
5
5
5
5
32
30
32
30
H
L
H
L
150,000 cp
15,000 cp
30,000 cp
15,000 cp
25
25
25
25
425 lb.
185 (18)
34
20,000 cp
25
1
1
1
1
4
1
4
4
275 lb.
100 lb.
325 lb.
275 lb.
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
230 (23)
360 (36)
280 (28)
230 (23)
8
8
8
8
5
5
5
5
34
34
34
32
H
H
H
H
150,000 cp
250,000 cp
200,000 cp
20,000 cp
25
25
25
25
Civilian Motorcycles
Ducati 998R (racing bike)
Harley Davidson FLSTF (street bike)
Yamaha YZ250F (dirt bike)
1
1
1
0
1
1
0 lb.
0 lb.
0 lb.
0
1
0
3
1
2
370 (37)
275 (27)
165 (16)
10
9
10
5
5
5
18
22
18
M
L
M
10,000 cp
9,000 cp
6,000 cp
23
23
23
Civilian Trucks
AM General Hummer (SUV)
Chevrolet Suburban (SUV)
Dodge Caravan (minivan)
Ford Escape XLT (SUV)
Ford F-150 XL (pickup)
Toyota Tacoma Xtracab (pickup)
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
8
4
4
2
3
1,000 lb.
500 lb.
325 lb.
300 lb.
1,700 lb.
1,600 lb.
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
140 (14)
175 (17)
195 (19)
200 (20)
175 (17)
185 (18)
8
8
8
8
8
8
5
5
5
5
5
5
38
38
34
32
36
34
H
H
H
H
H
H
60,000 cp
40,000 cp
30,000 cp
40,000 cp
30,000 cp
30,000 cp
25
25
25
25
25
25
Civilian Water Vehicles

Bayliner 1802 Capri (runabout)
Fairline Targa 30 (cabin cruiser)
Sea-Doo XP (personal watercraft)
1
1
1
5
3
1
2,100 lb. 2
2,100 lb. 4
60 lb.
1
2
4
1
55 (5)
80 (8)
105 (10)
8
6
9
5
5
5
28
40
22
H
G
L
40,000 cp
45,000 cp
35,000 cp
25
25
25
Other Civilian Vehicles

Armored truck
Honda TRX400FW (4-wheel ATV)
Limousine
Moving truck
NABI Model 40LFW (city bus)
2
1
1
1
1
0 3,600 lb.
0
675 lb.
7
425 lb.
2 33,000 lb.
39
0 lb.
2
1
4
-4
4
2
1
4
4
4
175 (17)
95 (9)
195 (19)
165 (16)
120 (12)
8
9
6
6
6
10
5
5
5
5
36
22
38
44
48
H
L
G
G
G
50,000 cp
6,000 cp
40,000 cp
100,000 cp
120,000 cp
25
25
25
25
25
Military Vehicles
BMP-2 (tracked APC)
M1A2 Abrams (tracked tank)
M2A2 Bradley (tracked APC)
M113A1 Gavin (tracked APC)
UH-60 Black Hawk (helicopter)
3
4
3
2
2
7
0
7
11
14
2
4
4
2
4
2
4
4
2
4
70 (7)
80 (8)
70 (7)
62 (6)
325 (32)
8
6
6
8
6
10
20
15
10
5
52
64
58
48
46
H
G
G
H
G
400,000 cp
5,000,000 cp
2,000,000 cp
1,000,000 cp
7,000,000 cp
30
30
30
30
30
Civilian Cars
Acura 3.2 TL (mid-size sedan)
Aston-Martin Vanquish (sports
coupe)
BMW M3 (sports coupe)
Chevrolet Cavalier (economy coupe)
Chevrolet Corvette (sports coupe)
Dodge Neon (economy sedan)
Ford Crown Victoria (mid-size
sedan)
Jaguar XJS (luxury sedan)
Lamborghini Diablo (sports coupe)
Mercedes E55 AMG (luxury sedan)
Volkswagen Jetta (mid-size wagon)
250 lb.
425 lb.
425 lb.
200 lb.
9,000 lb.
165
TABLE A-13: GENERAL EQUIPMENT

Object
Bags and Boxes
Aluminum travel case
10 lb. Capacity
40 lb. Capacity
75 lb. capacity
Briefcase
Contractors field bag
Day pack
Handbag
Range pack
Standard
Oversized
Patrol box
Clothing
Clothing outfit
Business
Casual
Formal
Fatigues
Uniform
Ghillie suit
Outerwear
Coat
Fatigue jacket
Overcoat
Parka
Photojournalists vest
Windbreaker
Tool belt
166
Size
Weight
Cost
Craft
DC
TABLE A-13: GENERAL EQUIP (CONT.)Craft

Object
Size
Weight
Cost
Tiny
Tiny
1 lb.
1 lb.
100 cp
500 cp
DC
20
20
Surveillance Gear
Impulse Detector
Metal detector
Motion Detector
Night vision goggles
X-Ray Goggles
Small
Small
Med
Small
Med
Small
3 lb.
2 lb.
4 lb.
3 lb.
5 lb.
3 lb.
5,000 cp
200 cp
5,000 cp
3,000 cp
14,000 cp
25,000 cp
32
20
26
25
30
30
Animatron, Digger
Animatron, Task
Astronaut Pen
Huge
Huge
Large
Fine
1000 lb.
2000 lb.
200 lb.
-
35
35
35
15
Books
Small
2 lb.

Bolt cutter
Caltrops (25)
Car opening kit
Chemical kit
Corium Lantern
Demolitions kit
Disguise kit
Duct tape
Electrical tool kit
Basic
Deluxe
Evidence kit
Basic
Deluxe
First aid kit
Forgery kit
Handcuffs
Steel
Zip-tie (25)
Instrument, any
Lockpick set
Lock release gun
Mechanical tool kit
Basic
Deluxe
Medical kit
Multipurpose tool
Pharmacist kit
Search-and-rescue kit
Spike strip
Surgery kit
Med
Med
Small
Tiny
Med
Small
Med
Med
Tiny
Small
3 lb.
5 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
6 lb.
2 lb.
5 lb.
5 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
20,000 cp
26,000 cp
9,500 cp
100 cp
3,000 cp
10,000 cp
1,000 cp
50 cp
50 cp
50 cp
900 cp
90 cp
600 cp
800 cp
50 cp
60,000 cp
Large
Huge
12 lb.
33 lb.
900 cp
1,500 cp
Med
Med
Small
Small
6 lb.
8 lb.
3 lb.
3 lb.
200 cp
800 cp
200 cp
300 cp
Tiny
Dim
Large
Tiny
Tiny
1 lb.
0.5 lb.
12 lb.
1 lb.
0.5 lb.
100 cp
50 cp
400 cp
200 cp
300 cp
15
15
20
20
20
Large
Huge
Med
Tiny
Med
Med
Huge
Med
22 lb.
45 lb.
5 lb.
0.5 lb.
6 lb.
7 lb.
22 lb.
5 lb.
600 cp
2,500 cp
900 cp
200 cp
1,200
250 cp
300 cp
1,500 cp
20
20
-
Med
8 lb.
19,000 cp
20
Med
Med
6 lb.
3 lb.
3,000 cp
75 cp
23
15
Small
Small
Small
2 lb.
3 lb.
4 lb.
100 cp
900 cp
2,500 cp
20
20
25
Basic
Professional
Med
Large
Large
Med
Med
Small
Small
5 lb.
10 lb.
15 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
2 lb.
1 lb.
120 cp
150 cp
200 cp
55 cp
55 cp
30 cp
20 cp
Small
Med
Med
2 lb.
3 lb.
4 lb.
55 cp
90 cp
90 cp
Med
Med
Med
Med
Med
Med
3 lb.
2 lb.
3 lb.
3 lb.
2 lb.
5 lb.
200 cp
70 cp
500 cp
90 cp
90 cp
40 cp
Med
Med
Med
Med
Med
Med
Small
2 lb.
2 lb.
3 lb.
3 lb.
1 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
70 cp
55 cp
90 cp
90 cp
90 cp
40 p
90 cp
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
50 cp
1,500 cp
2,000 cp
50 cp
2,000 cp
20
20
25
20
25
5,000 cp
3,000 cp
7,000 cp
1,000 cp
20,000 cp
varies
30,000 cp
2,600 cp
Varies
2,000 cp
8,000 cp
3,000 cp
7,000 cp
2,000 cp
2,000 cp
1,000 cp
50 cp
400 cp
200 cp
1,000 cp
1,500 cp
30
30
30
25
35
33
30
35
32
30
32
30
25
25
25
18
25
20
25
30
Computers and Consumer Electronics

Camera
Disposable
Tiny
0.5 lb.
35mm
Small
2 lb.
Digital
Tiny
0.5 lb.
Film
Dim
Cell phone
Dim
Computer
Desktop
Large
10 lb.
PDA
Tiny
0.5 lb.
Notebook
Med
5 lb.
Digital audio recorder
Tiny
1 lb.
Harmonic Cell
Small
1 lb.
Identity Card
Fine
Tiny
.5 lb.
Language Translator
Small
1 lb.
Fine
Minifusion Cell
Tiny
.5 lb
Optic Scanner
Med
3 lb.
Plutonium Clip
Small
1 lb.
Portable satellite phone
Small
2 lb.
Portable video camera
Small
2 lb.
Power Backpack
Med
4 lb.
Power Beltpack
Small
2 lb.
Power Cell
Tiny
.5 lb.
Power Clip
Small
1 lb.
Power Pack
Med
3 lb.
Printer
Med
3 lb.
Scanner
Med
3 lb.
Walkie-talkie
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
Survival Gear
Advanced Breathing
Apparatus
Autograpnel
Backpack
Binoculars
Standard
Rangefinding
Electro-optical
20
15
15
15
10
15
32
Chemical light sticks (5)

Climbing gear
Compass
Chemical Sensor
Cigarette Lighter
Dehydrated Pills
Emergency Raft
Firestarter Cube
Fire extinguisher
Flash goggles
Flashlight
Penlight
Standard
Battery flood
Gas mask
Geiger Counter
Gravity Boots
Halazone Tablets
HEVE Candy
Instant Pillow
Ion Bonding Tape
Light Rod
Map
Road atlas
Tactical map
Mesh vest
Portable Petrol Power
Generator
Portable stove
Power Bar
Rad Tab
Ready Meal
Rope (150 ft.)
Salt Pills
Sleeping bag
Soup Mix
Survival Kit
Synthihol
Tent
2-person dome
4-person dome
8-person dome
Trail rations (12)
Water Purifier
Scope
Standard
Electro-optical
Speed loader
Suppressor
Pistol
Rifle
Object
Weapon Accessories
Box magazine
Detonator
Blasting cap
Radio controlled
Timed
Wired
Holster
Hip
Concealed carry
Illuminator
Laser sight
Size
Weight
Cost
Tiny
Large
Dim
Small
Dim
Tiny
Dim
Small
Dim
Med
Tiny
1 lb.
10 lb.
0.5 lb.
1 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
3 lb.
2 lb.
20 cp
150 cp
50 cp
10,000 cp
90 cp
50 cp
20 cp
1,000 cp
25 cp
75 cp
500 cp
DC
20
20
20
25
15
15
20
17
18
20
20
Dim
Tiny
Small
Small
Small
Small
Dim
Dim
Dim
Med
Dim
Dim
0.5 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
5 lb.
3 lb.
2 lb.
12 lb.
-
50 cp
75 cp
100 cp
400 cp
10,000 cp
8,000 cp
50 cp
20 cp
50 cp
800 cp
15 cp
350 cp
15
15
20
20
25
30
17
20
20
25
20
22
Tiny
Tiny
Med
1 lb.
0.5 lb.
7 lb.
25 cp
40 cp
70 cp
15
Large
100 lb.
20,000 cp
20
Tiny
Dim
Dim
Fine
Tiny
Large
Dim
Med
Dim
Med
Tiny
1 lb.
1 lb.
12 lb.
4 lb.
4 lb.
.5 lb.
125 cp
200 cp
10 cp
300 cp
20 cp
30 cp
20 cp
90 cp
5 cp
300 cp
20 cp
20
25
15
20
15
15
15
15
12
12
Med
Med
Large
Tiny
Small
4 lb.
7 lb.
10 lb.
1 lb.
2 lb.
150 cp
250 cp
400 cp
40 cp
7,500 cp
15
15
15
20
Tiny
0.5 lb.
50 cp
15
Tiny
Tiny
Tiny
Tiny
0.5 lb.
0.5 lb.
0.5 lb.
1 lb.
50 cp
200 cp
100 cp
75 cp
15
20
15
15
Tiny
Tiny
Tiny
Tiny
1 lb.
0.5 lb.
0.5 lb.
0.5 lb.
40 cp
70 cp
75 cp
1,000 cp
15
15
15
25
Object
Size
Weight
Cost
Tiny
Small
Tiny
0.5 lb.
3 lb.
0.5 lb.
250 cp
2,500 cp
25 cp
20
25
15
Tiny
Small
1 lb.
4 lb.
300 cp
450 cp
25
25
DC
167
INDEX
168
Aberrant Deformity
Academic
Accel White Blood Cell Activity
Adrenaline Control
Advanced
Advanced Metal
Advanced Pharmaceutical Discipline
Advanced Technology
Albinism
AN-94 Abakan
Anaphylaxis
Ancient
Ancient Lore
Ancient Talent Tree
Animatron, Digger
Animatron, Task
Animatron, Weapon
Anti-Tank Grenade
Antitox (Immune Booster Alpha)
Anxiety Trigger
AR-7 Explorer
Armed To The Teeth
Armor
Artifacts Of The Ancients
Astronaut Pen
AT-5 Spandrel
Atom Gun
Attention Deficit
Attraction Trigger
Autism
Autograpnel
Backgrounds
Barbarian
Battle Plan
Bilirubin Imbalance
Bizon
Black Powder Pistol
Black Powder Rifle
Blaster
Blindness
Blindsight
Blood Agent Grenade
Bollix Pack
Brachydactyly
Bulls Eye
Bushmaster M-17S
Calico Liberty 50
Calico M100
Calico Two-Twenty-Two
Cannibalism
Caravan Guard
Chainsword
Chameleon Epidermis
Champion
Charm Person
85
75
74
75
10
75
76
76
76
76
85
10
70
138
70
130
70
69
70
90
86
104
86
62
62
14
136
136
136
145
113
143
93
105
64
130
99
137
125
124
86
86
93
76
139
146
6
15
93
86
146
86
105
101
105
119
86
77
113
146
137
86
64
106
106
101
112
87
10
130
77
44
93
Chemical Sensor
Cigarette Lighter
Civil Security Suit
Clairaudience
Clairvoyance
Claws
Colt 635
Computers And Consumer Electronics
Concubine
Concussion Grenade
Constrict
Corium Lantern
Corium Pieces
Corium Prospector
Craftsman
Cystic Fibrosis
Danger Sense
Dart Pistol
Dart Rifle
Dazzle Rifle (NLW)
Deafness
Defect Adaptation
Defects
Degenerates
Dehydrated Pills
Demagogue
Dermal Poison Sap
Dermal Spike Growth
Dermal Suction
Diagnostic Scanner
Diurnal/Nocturnal
Domination
Dual Cerebellum
Dual Headed
Duck
Dwarfism
Dyslexia
Electro-Saw Thrower
Elongation
Emergency Raft
EMP Rifle (NLW)
Energy Field Generators
Energy Grenade
Energy Immunity
Energy Pike
Energy Shield
Environment Suit
Epic Classes
Explosives And Splash Weapons
Extreme Resilience
FA Casull
Ferals
Fight Trigger
Filter Dose
Filthy
Firearms
Firestarter Cube
Flame Pistol
Flight Trigger
Flyby Attack
FN Herstal F2000
FN P-90
Force Field Belt
Foresight
Forsaken
Furniture
Futuristic Firearm Proficiency
Gauss Anti-Tank Rifle
138
139
131
93
94
77
106
77
132
65
113
90
137
100
11
11
87
139
87
94
103
107
116
87
74
85
8
139
17
77
78
77
143
78
94
78
78
90
78
87
137
122
78
139
120
119
113
78
130
147
79
79
131
44
79
79
113
79
103
6
94
143
65
101
140
126
94
90
107
107
147
94
65
80
11
65
80
123
Gauss Automatic Rifle

Gauss Cannon
Gauss Pistol
Gauss Rifle
Gauss SMG
Geiger Counter
General Equipment
General Feats
Gigantism
Gladiator
Glitter Grenade
Gravity Boots
Gsh-18
Guardian
Guardians
Guide
Gutter Talk
Gyrojet Launcher
Halazone Tablets
Hand Stunner
Hard-Eyed
Hazard Detection Devices
Healer
Healing Pack
Heckler & Koch CAWS
Heckler & Koch G-11
Hedonists
Hemihypertrophy
Hemochem
Hemophilia
Hemotoxin Sting
Hercurin
Herdsman
HEVE Candy
High Ready
Horn Charge
HPM Rifle
Hunchback
Hydra 70
Hyper Olfactory
Identity Card
Improved Autofire
Improved Dead Aim
Improved Grab
Impulse Detector
Increased Movement
Infra-Red Laser Rifle
Instant Pillow
Intimidating Strength
Intuitive Mechanic
Ion Bonding Tape
Ion Ray
Irradiated
Jackhammer Mk3A1
Jetpack
Juju Doctor
Juju Kit
K-O Shot
Language Translator
Laser Anti-Tank Rifle
Laser Cannon
Lasers
Lazab
Leadership
Leaper
Levitation
Lie Detector
Light Rod
M214 Minigun
Magnetic Shield
123
124
122
123
122
138
132
64
80
65
113
140
103
19
9
11
62
126
140
127
65
138
12
143
108
108
9
87
143
87
80
143
12
140
65
91
121
88
127
80
133
88
65
66
91
91
135
81
81
81
133
116
140
81
66
66
138
124
91
108
147
66
143
143
134
118
118
115
131
66
91
94
95
81
140
112
140
147
Market
Masers
Mass Drivers
Mech
Medical Incompatibility
Medicine
Medicine Man
Merchant
Meson Cannon
Military
Military Combat Suit
Military Hardware
Mind Blast
Mind Crush
Mind Strike
Mind Stun
Mine
Mk1 Ares Armor
Mk1 Hermes Armor
Mk2 Ares Armor
Mk2 Hermes Armor
Mk3 Ares Armor
Motion Detector
MP-443 Grach
Multiattack
Multi-Faceted Eyes
Multiple Eyes
Multiple Stomachs
Mutant Feats
Mutant Hunter
Mutant Lore
Mutant Talent Tree
Mutation Advancement
Mutation Feats
Mutations
NBC Suit
Negation Grenade
Nerve Gas Grenade
Neural Control Pod
Neural Feats
Neural Mutation -Telepathy
Neurofibromatosis
Neurotoxin Sting
New & Revised Skills
Night Blindness
Nneural Mutation
Obedience Collar
OC-14 Groza
Occupations
Optic Emissions
Optic Scanner
Other Unconventional Weapons
Pain Collar
Particle-Beam Weapons
Perceive Danger
Perceive Outcome
Phobia
Photon Grenade
Photosensitivity
Pipe Rifle
Plague Carrier
Plasma Grenade
Plasma Pistol
Plasma Rifle
Plastex
Pocket Nurse
66
119
121
46
143
142
48
134
95
12
124
12
131
145
95
95
95
95
113
149
150
149
150
150
69
70
70
135
103
91
81
81
81
91
90
49
62
14
74
74
74
91
131
113
88
114
147
92
82
82
82
88
82
58
88
82
147
109
10
83
134
125
148
124
96
96
88
89
114
89
109
89
91
114
120
121
131
144

Pounce
Power Bar
Power Dive
Power Fist
Power Sources
Power Sword
Powered Armor
Powered Armor Operation
Powered Melee Weapons
Precognitive Combat
Precognitive Dodge
Proton Energy Pill
Psionic
PSM
Pulse Laser Rifle
QBZ-95
Quick Treatment
Rad Tab
Radiation Grenade
Radiation Immunity
Radiation Sense
Radicals
Rad-Purge Shot
Raider
Rain Of Objects
Ramjet Rifle
Reactive Shooter
Ready Meal
Ready Syringe
Regen Tank
Remove Defect
Rend
Repair
Repairman
Resentfuls
Resurrectors
Rip A Clip
Ritual Preservationists
Road Warrior
Room-Broom
RPG-7/16
Ruger MP-9
Sa.23
Salt Pills
Satchel Charge
Scav
Scavenge Talent Tree
Scholar
Scientist
Second Chance
Sensitive Sight
Sensitivity
Shield Proficiency
Shock Gloves
Shock Grenade
Shriek
Sickle Cells
Silver Tongue
Simian Deformity
Sister Of The Desert
Skulk
Slave
136
140
69
140
92
140
92
148
134
130
148
66
130
95
96
96
69
136
83
144
23
103
96
117
83
110
66
138
114
83
66
8
144
24
96
129
67
140
144
144
83
110
74
92
63
12
7
83
8
68
6
26
68
112
110
104
140
114
28
14
29
51
96
83
89
83
68
130
115
84
89
68
84
33
89
84
32
12
Slaver
Sonic Rifle
Soup Mix
Special Qualities
Special Security Suit
Spineless
Spont Electric Charge Generation
Starting Gear
Stealth Pack
Stench
Steyr ACR
Steyr IWS-2000
Stimshot A
Stimshot B
Strong Flyer
Stun Baton
Stun Grenade
Stun Pistol
Super Mutant
Super-Charismatic
Superegen
Suppressive Fire
Surefooted
Surveillance Gear
Survival Gear
Survival Kit
Survival Talent Tree
Survivalist
Sustainer Shot
Symbiote
Syncope
Synthihol
Tailored Narcotics
Tearing Bite
Tech Looter
Technicians Coveralls
Telekinetic Disarm
Telekinetic Guide
Telekinetic Hand
Telekinetic Hand II
Telekinetic Mastery
Telekinetic Punch
Telekinetic Shield
Telekinetic Slam
Telekinetic Sword
Telekinetic Throw
Mutant Template
Post-Apocalyptic Hero
Tinker
TOW II
Trade Master
Trader
Tribals
Troglodyte
Truth Serum
Twisted Earth
UH Radiation Rifle
Unislang.
UV Sterilizer
Valtro PM-5-350
Vehicles
Visionary Reinventors
VSS Vintorez
Vulture
Wanderer
Warp-Field Sword
Warrior Monk
Water Purifier
Withstand
X-Laser
X-Ray Goggles
Zeus Suit
Zip Gun
12
128
141
73
132
92
84
100
148
85
110
110
144
144
92
130
115
128
74
68
144
85
68
92
135
138
141
14
36
144
37
89
141
144
92
53
132
97
97
97
97
96
98
98
98
98
98
98
97
90
73
13
40
129
55
42
6
68
145
62
128
90
62
145
111
141
9
111
68
12
130
57
141
92
117
136
151
104
169

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cHRIS DAVIS AND DOMINIC COVEY

JOHN LONGENBAUGH JEREMY SIMMONS

DESIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM:

Editing and Playtesting Support:

Darwins World is heavily supported by its official web site,

OPEN GAME LICENSE

CHAPTER 2: MUTANTS & MUTATIONS

CHAPTER 3: ARTIFACTS OF THE ANCIENTS

Open game license

open gaming content

So long after the nuclear war, the cities

stand utterly empty. The high-rises, blasted until

A character with this type of background is truly wild.

Improved Damage Threshold, Improved Initiative,

The tribal character comes from a primitive

Characters of this background come from communities

worshipped. Communities of this type are generally

Characters of this background come from communities

Special: If a Resentful takes additional technology

Like the Resentfuls mentioned above, communities

Communities of this type were onceoften

Less intelligent people are subjugated and enslaved

Communities of this type are rediscovering the

Special: Resurrector characters start with one

This type of community has moved beyond simply

These rare communities are the self-styled guardians

and utilize it to keep the upper hand in the wasteland.

Communities of this type never realized there was

far removed from the wasteland, where everyone lives

This type of community has, for whatever reason,

Craft (any), Decipher Script, Demolitions, Disable

Academics in this post-apocalyptic world are rare.

Any valuable cargo is a target for the scum of the

Most miners are an unfortunate, sorry lot who find

Not everyone on the Twisted Earth lives an exciting

As the people of the Twisted Earth gather into larger

Skills: Select two of the following as permanent

It is an unfortunate truth that prostitution is one of the

The deserts and roads of the Twisted Earth are not

Healers are important members of any community.

As the people of the Twisted Earth begin to

Trade is an important part of life for the denizens

The term military in post-apocalyptic Earth could

Like healers, Repairmen are valuable community

Unfortunately, the ancient practice of slavery is alive

Few slaves go willingly to the block. Slavers are the

Whether through wanderlust, a desire for the new

The Post-Apocalyptic Hero is an optional base class

TABLE 1-1: THE POST-APOCALYPTIC HERO

Ancient Talent Tree

Mutant Talent Tree

Most of the denizens of the post-Fall Earth are

Prerequisite: Knowledge (mutant lore) 1 rank.

Scavenge Talent Tree

Survival Talent Tree

food and water but prefers to get the full requirements

make the modern version redundant.

TABLE 1-2: THE BARBARIAN

Hit Dice: 1d12.

ignorance among their ashes. Turning gnarled metal

To qualify to become a Barbarian, a character must

The following features pertain to the Barbarian

Junk Weapons: The Barbarian character can utilize

D20 - Modern - Darwin's World Survivor's Handbook

D20 - Modern - Darwin's World Survivor's Handbook